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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 18h

#Inktober #Inktober2026 #Monochromatic #MinimalColorPalette #Treehouse #Broken #Flimsy This piece is super simple for today but unlike the last two I actaully feel a bit of love and pride for it. Like I'm genuninely feeling connected to this piece and maybe it's cause I'm tired and stressed.

I didn't really think about the meaning of this piece as much. I just focused on a feeling. Flimsy just made me think of when you craft something yourself and it doesn't turn out. But it also brought to mind bigger projects like Treehouses. So when I thought of those two things together it created this broken treehouse that lost a support beam. I feel a bit like this piece today so it's been kinda cathardic.

I'm loking forward to tomorrow because every time I read the prompt for it I think of this one song and I'm just trying to figure out how to use it beyond using it as background noise for my post and crafting time.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#Inktober #Inktober2026 #Inktoberday11 #InktoberRescue #SadPuppy #Puppies #Puppy Not my best. Not my worst. Went a little more of those sad movie intros in pet movies. I adopt from a local shelter so Rescue made me think of those animals brought in with no homes

Another of those not my finest but still pretty pleased with getting something done today without stressing about perfection. I'm kinda mid at best when drawing animals and perspective is something I still struggle with. All and all I think this was a good exercise and opportunity to make something a little more cute and sad.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#Inktober #Inktober2026 #MysticalMagical #Unicorn #UnicornGirl #Magicalgirl Finally showing off one of my Ocs this inktober. Well sort off I minimized her color palette so her hair isn't totally accurate but it works.

This one I was so uncertain about. Like I had so many ideas I couldn't settle on one until I just forced myself to pick the easiest to keep on theme. This is Arabella my shapechanging Unicorn character. She was made on a whim for #Pridecause there was a challenge on deviantart to make art using a flag. I made a Bi-Unicorn and loved the heck out of her so much she got more art in the next month and ended up being part of my hitlist for artfight.

Her name was actually a suggestion from one of the people who made art of her during that time and I love it. It feels like she was a multi-influenced being. Like it wasn't just my hands that crafted her but the flows of the inspiration that inspired me to make her and thus inspired another in a name for her.

I wanted to make either a DnD version of myself like someone else I saw earlier in the month but I couldn't do that in a simple way that followed the style rules I've set for myself this Inktober. The other option was one of the #DnD #NPCs I had in mind for my campaign, but she hasn't been fully designed and my players follow me on here so I'd not be able to gush about all the cool and powerful things she can and will hopefully do to aid them. Provided they trust her first.

All and All Arabella was a perfect middle ground and a testimony to a character I'm still loving despite how simply she began and how unsure how to use her I am. She plays to a #mystical and #Magical vibe that makes my #innerchild so happy

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#Inktober2026 #Inktoberday9 #Ram #ComparingNewArtToOldart #progress #minimalcolorpalette #Minimalcolor #CurvedHorns My inktober piece of the day and a similar drawing from two years ago. Little bit of a progress comparison (Minus the fact the old one is supposed to be made of metal)

This one was more just an experiment to see how far I'd come from an old drawing shown at the end of the list. They aren't entirely comparable since the original was designed with the idea it was made of metal and I was learning to shade metal (Big learning curve I'm still figuring out) But in the end I feel like this piece has shown how much more confident I'm getting with drawing animals even when they don't turn out 100%

The old drawing from two years ago I made verbal reference to

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#Inktober #Inktoberday8 #Stinky #BoringArt Not my proudest work for this month but I can live with a few flops that don't inspire me much as long as I keep practicing

Is this the most inspired work I've made. No. Am I proud of it. No. Do I care enough to put a lot of work into the prompt Stinky? A final nope. This is simply put, me meeting myself where my inspiration sits. The only thing I was certain I wanted to include was a banana peel. I was thinking of those silly comedy show things where someone has a banana peel on their head to represent coming from the garbage or whatever. It will do for the day.

I'm more excited about tomorrow cause I have an old work of mine that I'm hoping to out do. Will it work? Who knows, but until tomorrow I will be thinking how to make the next pieces stand out a little more. <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#Inktober #Inktober2026 #InktoberPanic #Goblin #Sona #Selfportrait I drew myself as a goblin. I have plenty of panic in real life so this one felt kinda fitting to just make myself for it

So this one struck a little closer to home. Especially today. I tend toward anxiety pretty heavy so the word panic comes to mind pretty clearly with my friends and family when they think of me. So what did I do? I made my goblin design of myself have a little panic. I had so much fun designing this piece even if I've been suffering from a bit of a panic today <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Inktober2026 #Inktoberday5 #Smack #Ghost #Goblin #Cooking For today's prompt I made a ghost and a goblin cooking together. Such a cute little scene and I'm so happy to be making something based on the flavor aspect of the definition and not the action.

So the prompt is Smack for today. I really didn't want to draw anything to do with a slap or getting hit and I didn't have to after I used my favorite thing to do with words, check the definition.

Smack is not just an action taken but a term used with flavor.
``a taste or flavor, especially a slight flavor distinctive or suggestive of something``
With that definition in mind I made this cute little cooking scene which took some inspiration from a friend of mine's Inktober piece a few years back in which he made a ghost making food. Now his little ghost has a friend to cook with him <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Inktober #Inktober2026 #Cactus #CowSkull #Desert Feeling pretty proud of this piece despite how simple it is. I think the simpler I keep this month the more harmony while be had at the end of the month for my summary which is exciting

Once again, not a whole lot of inspiration but the practice this became for me to lean into those values of shadow and light. The fun I had making the perspective and having the other Cacti in the background all feel pretty important to this piece. I'm glad I'm trying and doing my best. Minimal stress is the goal of this year and I think I'm hitting it pretty consistently. <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We forget we are not the largest things in our universe. #Inktober #Inktober2026 #inktoberMiniature #TinyHuman #Giant #AURORA Gonna go listen to more AURORA music cause now the feelings need to be felt 🎶🎵🎧🎵🎶

For this piece I was inspired less by what we as humans would call miniature and rather the fact that so many things around us leave us dwarfed in comparison. My mind fell to a story with an age of #giants #Digitalart #Proud I think the #wonder that came from this idea ultimately squished the terror I wanted to capture in the beginning. With that feeling of wonder I immediately thought of music by the artist AURORA So I'ma go listen to like every album again while I feel out these feelings

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Inktober #Inktober2026 #InktoberRelic #Mirror #Ghost Not as proud of this one but it was a quick piece so I could focus on other things today. I really wanna keep the simplicity up with each piece and also challenge myself like I did with perspective here (Not my finest but hey, improvement)

So this piece was a little more of a work in progress. I still don't feel a hundred precent about this one but I love the concept of the ghost in the mirror. I think tomorrows will be a little more fun but we'll see if I end up liking it as much as I like my idea for it.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#Inktober #Inktober2026 #Apple #Spiderweb #SharpTeeth #Fangs I'm start Inktober with a banger! Will they all be this good. Def no! But damn so I feel like I slayed with this one 🧛🕷️🕸️

Hello fellow Inktober fans. I present my piece for today in the spirit of drawing every day this month. Wish me luck as I wish you luck as well!

Today's piece was a concept I had from the first time I saw the list. Taking a big bite with some big teeth. Does my apple look more like a pomegranate? Yes, or at least I think so. But I don't care cause this piece was such a magical piece. Both a very beautiful design I wanted to make and a wonderful way to try out this new form of shading. It's cross hatching or at least hatching, I think. I'm not sure but I really love how it looks and it was a great experimentation in my style. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep this spooky trend of style but this feels like such a killer start for me.

Looking forward to another fun year of Inktober. Can't wait to see the pieces for this prompt! Have a wonderful day and good luck tomorrow.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#Emoji #Hearteyes #Cutesy Last little #DigitalArt of the month before I dive into #Inktober Looking forward to another exciting month of spooky art <3🎃💀👻🖌️

With tomorrow being Inktober I'm gonna only post this gift I made for a friend. He wanted something he could emote in the server, and I was so excited to doodle this cute little peeking and loving gaze. Something we could share with each other whenever we really loved something but wanted to express it more quietly.

It was supposed to be animated, but every time I have tried to animate it it looks horrifying. So until I can make the eyes look all shimmery and cute like when an anime character is super excited, the still image will have to do.

Until tomorrow I look forward to beginning Inktober <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#AngryPrincess #LittlePrincess #DigitalDoodle #BigCrown #Bejeweled I love how this doodle turned out. I've never felt prouder of a sketch honestly. Forcing myself to not fully render a piece has been an exerercise because I never feel like my work looks good like this. I feel like I'm growing <3

With my focus on simple doodles and expressive line art it's been a bit of a challenge to capture exactly one i have in mind. This one did not have that issue. Meet my angry little princess. Based on a combo of things from a line in a show I just finished watching and the little princess of my house, my Mom's cat.

With those two things in mind I went to work drawing a little princess in a dress far too big for her, pooling at her feet like a lake. Though that part is a bit hard to see given the angle I did. What is clear is her grumpy little face as she looks up at the unfortunate soul that has offended her for whatever reason.

I was pretty happy with it but didn't feel like she looked enough like a princess until I started adding the jewelry. What princess dosn't have at least some jewelry? Well I leaned pretty hard into that "I'm five years old and I wanna wear all the jewelry at once." Mind set we all had at one point or another. That made her look more like an angry little empress in my opinion. So bejeweled and elegant get clearly her crown is as big if not bigger than her head. Simply adorable. I need to do more like this. It helped to melt away the anxiety I've been feeling lately.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

More #DigitalDoodles #Fishing #Chibi It kinda goes with the last one which was cute. Just trying to define my linework skills a little more. Also look at those little #BuckTeeth

This goes with my other digital sketch. Kinda. It isn't really the same character but it follows the same action. A study in shapes and practice in line consistency. Trying to also give a more three dimensional feel to a shadingless and colorless piece. I know it can be done but I'm not very good at it myself. The more I look at this one and the last one the more it reminds me of coloring books I used to play with as a kid. Not the same quality but the same feeling and intent to capture an image and leave the viewer to imagine the colors.

I don't know I just need to keep doodling little things to keep improving my hand stability and who knows maybe this focus on the fundamentals, no matter how none traditional I'm doing it, will work out too. Plus I've got Inktober ahead of me.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Fishing #Doodle I made cause I'm not loving my art right now and I thought why not practice strictly line art for a bit

So I've been feeling kinda down about my art lately and this got me thinking on how to improve. One of the things I was most certain about is I wanted to start with fundamentals first.

Does this count as a fundamental study? I don't know but I thought if I could practice drawing clearer line work/shape language/etc without the use of shading or color then I'd feel better about my work. So here is gone fishing. I got the idea from my Animal Crossing New Horizons - Humanized Portraits. I saw CJ in the collection then decided to draw some fishing themed chibis.

Hopefully all these doodles will make my work more satisfying to me <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I can understand the feelings that these characters are having. This woman looks like she's got all the cards and can read mine too ❤️

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#digitalArt #Witch #DarkMagic #ConceptArt I don't actually know if this counts as concept art but it's the first time in six years I've drawn my girl Jordis here. She's a fun character to me and goes with the #Prince I posted a bit ago.

So this is my first reconception of Jordis the witch character in the story with my princess Skylar. I'm still not sure what kind of conflict I'll ultimately have as the lead conflict in this story but I know Jordis is going to start of adversarial to the Princess before they start getting to know one another more.

Jordis needs to have a clear reason the be a witch and not a mage like the third girl who is key to this whole little love story. I'm just trying to remember all the things I didn't write down cause I was having fun with this story six years ago but not enough clear energy that could tell me what the conflict or the plot would be. Who knows maybe I'll just make a skilly comic of three fairytale women being in a fairytale world with vastly different roles. The Princess, the Witch, and the Mage. Yes I know those last two are interchangable but I still feel like Jordis and Alora will be different in their kinds of magic and how they approach it.

All and all I just wanted to play around with Jordis here and she looks pretty spooky so I love her. A great contrast for the two. But it'll probably be a bit before I figure out the third. But once I do I'll probably do a group shot <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#crochet #snowflake #homemade Making #ornaments for my family as #gifts for when I go to visit them. Feeling pretty proud of my progress with this new project ❄️ 💙

Not my usual posting style but I have been working on these for a couple of days now and am feeling pretty proud. I plan to soak them in glue distilled water to stiffen them up and make ornaments for my family.

It's a small project but since I'm having a rough week it's been a little slice of pride. Hoping to get to some more art soon but for now I'm meeting myself where I'm at

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I mean what's the point of making an AU like this if you're not gonna have the canon acknowledge their existence at least once 😝 I did this once too with my male lead meeting a the first concept of himself. It was not a pretty meeting 🤣

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

They're so pretty! I look forward to seeing the full pieces 😍

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Such strong energy. I don't know anything about Genshin but I I think you did really well

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

She's so cute. What roll has she had with the party? I always wonder how other people's characters interact with each other in other games 😍

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just the energy of these too pieces is so strong. I freaking laugh my butt off at the scolding from Canon to Au 🤣

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That's such a nice piece. And having the inspiration to say this is what I want to draw for this is makes it all the more satisfying. I hope you get lots of votes ❤️ 🎃

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#Portrait #NewbieDM #Deity #GodofKnowledge The second Portrait in my collection for my three god pantheon. Li-U is a god of Merchants, Travelers, and Knowledge. I designed him off a Cuttlefish despite him being a Genie. I think making him less human was an important part of his design.

This is the second part of my two part post of three gods I made for my DnD campaign. With it being set in a world of my making I decided I'd give myself a few set gods of my own creation. Gods that will be simple enough in concept that I can make them work in any form and need. I also wanted to keep my pantheon small. Three to five tops. I made three base gods with space for two more if my players felt the need for something outside of the bounds of these three.

Li-U is a Water Genie, I decided to give them the head of a cuttlefish because they are able to camofloge much like water genie's can change their colors. They are also known as very intelligent creatures and that felt important for a God of Knowlegde, Travel, and Trade. Yes Li-U is quite the fountain of knowledge and quite the unique appearanced as at least the Celestial God Grunak and the Fae Goddess Veshlan are much more humanoid in their appearance. I felt having a more unique outlier would be fun and suitable. Especially since I plan of Demons, Genasi , and Tieflings also having these more odd quialities of being more animal hybridish.

Not everyone needs to be a sexy guy or hot woman. Most people are gonna be normal or weird and I want that as a world built from creatures of other plains of existance coming together to find a peaceful life.

I am starting to doubt there will be much happening with these gods but that's why I'm not gonna put too much energy into them. The point of the game is to have fun and I can only hope I make a table where my friends can have as much fun saving the world as they want.

If you want a portrait like this for your own character please go check out my portrait commissions on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/c/c2b7372733

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#Portrait #DnD #DnDDeity #Gods #Pantheon #Celestial #Wings #Glowinghair #AltTextDesctipion This is a portrait of one of the three dieties of my first Campaign as the Dm. Each head of the pantheon is a differnet race. Grunak is a Celestial and the god of Power, Justice, and War.

With my campaign being set in a world of my making I decided I'd give myself a few set gods of my own creation. Gods that will be simple enough in concept that I can make them work in any form and need. I also wanted to keep my pantheon small. Three to five tops. I made three base gods with space for two more if my players feel the need for something outside of the bounds of these three.

Grunak is a Celestial entitity worshipped as a God of Justice, Power, and War. He is worshipped as a war god for his connection to the great battles against the demonic forces of the world. The Fiends that used power to subjigate the mortals of Runtuth. The people who prayed to Grunak sought protection and holy light to heal them. In the forty years of peace and still he's seen as a guiding light of the kingdom and her people.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#Princess #OC #OldOC #FinishedArtwork #FinishedWiP She turned out so pretty. I wanna make more princesses but I don't know how I want to draw them. I'm already really loving my practice in drawing faces for NPCs but making a finished artwork feels even better

I really love how this turned out in the end. Princess Skylar (Name change possible) is the radiant beauty I pictured in my head. A princess with magically perfect hair, eyes that shine like gem stones, and the ever perfect wardrobe that makes her look like a painting of the sky. (Or at least thats how I think all that fall under her curse's spell see her. She's still very beautiful, but I wanted to play with her issues a bit. A blessing to be beloved turning into a curse to be treated like a beautiful creature and not a human being. Add the duties of being a perfect princess, and I think she'd be a compelling lead. Mix in the brilliant mage, she calls her best friend and the witch she will be trying to befriend after a small curse made her feel human for a day, and I think I could have some fun.

The more I think about all the things this concept feels like so far is the movie Charming, the book/movie Ella Enchanted, and a mix of some kids shows I can't remember the names of off the top of my head. All and all, I just wanna make some more art right now.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#NPCArt #Princess #DnD #Dragonborn #AcidDragon NPC I made for a one-shot I made. #NewbieDM Just trying to get myself ready for a campaign I feel so unprepared for while still trying to get us together to play unti it starts. #AltText for the full story <3

So I had my players explore a one shot in which the party had to save the princess from a wizard's tower. It was my first time DMing in a while and my first time actively planning for combat.

I massively tripped my self at many turns and I'm not very good at handling my own failings. But now I'm learning from my mistakes. Next time I'll be more clear to my players. I'll keep working on describing areas better. I'll try and be more clear and consistant with my scene building as a DM.

But I also had some very good wins that I had to remind myself of that night. I realized my failing in understanding the CR of the monsters I selected and how it would go against my players. I quickly shifted the tides of battle so they wouldn't die in the first fight of the night.

The second place I am proud of my handling was whenI left them clues for the first and only puzzle I had in the tower but it no one went to explore anywhere to find clues even after finding the sliding block puzzle. Since I knew they weren't going to go searching. So I improved my descriptions and showed them how moving the blocks would change the way the staircases positioned.

Do I have room for improvement? 100%. But every single step I take will make me stronger as a DM and as a person. I love that I can make these NPCs, storylines, and even put together the soundtracks for the special moments. Here's hoping I keep improving

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#WiP #ArtWip #DigitalArt I know it looks pretty finished with the shading an all but it's gonna get better. I had so much fun drawing an #OldOC from holy cow 6 years ago. #Princess Skylar (May change her name to suit the story better was a fun character before and fun to draw now

I'm forcing myself to pay attention to an old story idea. A story about a princess in a fairytale world who can't seem to find someone she loves romantically despite being deeply desired by many. I haven't played with this idea in a while, but I loved the idea of writing a low-stakes romance. I never got very far, but this time I'm gonna try to force the issue. The first thing I usually while thinking about stories is I draw the characters. This is my first attempt at drawing my princess here since I'd say 2022. I feel like my art has really improved cause I can vaguely remember a drawing of her and her future wife. Yes, it's Sapphic and a little enemies to lovers. I'll get more into it in later drawings cause I was finish this and hopefully get some artwork made of her two co-leads who will be helping her come to terms with whatever her path is to have the happily ever after she's been told was her destiny as a princess.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#ACNH #Humanization #CharacterPortrait #digitalartist Still having fun with cute little portraits of animal crossing characters as humans. Starting to think I should use them in their normal forms to practice more animal like designs.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#ACNH #Humaniztion #CharacterPortrait Still enjoying my cute little doodles of Animal Crossing characters as humans. Some just haven't turned out but Cally the squirrel did <3

So I'm not quite rolling for these but I am randomizing the characters I draw. This time it's Cally the Squirrel. She was so gosh darn cute and drawing her was a blast. Using these cute little humanization practices have been really great for my character design study and preparation for making portraits I can use for my DnD NPCs.

I threw Cally here in an outfit from her favorite gifts catagory and really loved drawing cute little curly locks of hair for her. The tail addition was more so she looked like a squirrel since I have had some issues with some of my humizations with them looking like a completely different type of critter.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#DnD #TTRPG #NPC #Kingly #Portrait I'm making things for my campaign still. Like portraits for key characters. The king is one of them. I needed to see what he looked like before I made the Princess cause she's supposed to be a combo of her parents Though I'm tempted to just do whatever I want :P

This is the king I have planned for the kingdom in my DnD campaign. He's a former hero of the land who slew the Demon King (Yes I know so original) He didn't do this feat alone but I still haven't drawn the Witch Prince Eren in any helpful manner beyond concepting.

Still King Joseph will be an important character as he's a testimate to much of the kingdom's history being the grand hero and all that began the forty years of peace.

I had fun making this portrait and if you like this kind of art and are interested in getting something like this made for your characters or someone you know is looking for some character art. Go check out my Ko-Fi commissions, especially the portraits found here https://ko-fi.com/c/c2b7372733

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So much detail! So amazing! I bet the commisioner adores it <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#OCPortrait #Mommy #WoDCharacter #HuntertheReckoning This Oc was so much fun to design a portrait for my friend's #WorldofDarkness setting. she's a hunter and I want her to be hunting a fellow hunter cause he's gone mad. #AltText for more info <3

This character was made for a little roleplay idea I had. I still haven't gotten to use her, but she's been such a fun character to come up with that I was so excited to draw her. Her name is Jordyn, and she is a hunter. She's also a bit of a working woman to give her a bit of income outside the hunting and as a way to be out in the night to catch the monsters.

I made her in mind with a friend of mine's character. He's a werewolf and a fighter type. I thought her character would get along well with a strong-willed personality. Jordyn was a result of that thought process. Someone with enough fight in her to go toe to toe with a were-creature and who she needs someone strong enough to keep up with her on her quest to protect area from a rogue hunter who's getting a bit murder happy.

I'm looking forward to the story we tell together whenever that ends up happening.

Also, if you wanna portrait like this for your character, please go check out my Ko-fi portrait commissions https://ko-fi.com/c/c2b7372733

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#ACNH #FoxLady #Portrait #Humaniztion Made a portrait of Audie from #AnimalCrossingNewHorizon She's my friend's favorite villager on his island. I'm really loving making portraits lately <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#MyOcs #MyStory #Scene #Family This is my protagonist in one of my #WiPs Nadia with her Aunt Vanessa. Nessa is a very dear person to Nadia and lookig back in the story at their relationship is something I enjoyed doing for this #Art I made

With my memories of this work being refreshed as I was working on a collaborative project that uses my little Nadia for practice. The more I thought on her childhood and all the things she loved the more I thought about her beloved aunt Vanessa. Memories of times beneath the willow tree. Listening to stories, talking about Nadia's dreams of being a hero.

I want to draw a piece with the two that doesn't leave Nessa so obscured but I also love this way of shwoing her because she's not alive in the narritave. Yet still she's present, a haunting force upon the people who loved and cherished her.

I hope to do more work on this story as well as artwork of my babies <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

With my first #DnD Campaign I'm making #NPCs to guide the party. Blossom is a #Tiefling Wizard and I love her dearly and hope my players will love her too.

I've been working on some stuff for my first ever campaign. Mostly preparing things to get my party started and let them build their portion of the world. But I am not leaving the worldbuilding or NPC ideas completely to them.

For example this is Blossom, She's my tiefling Wizard charatcer who I hope will be an interesting guide to the party as they begin to face the bigger threats of my world. She won't be aiding them much and I aim for her to be a sort of Gandulf character who is leading them where they need to be or connecting them to important NPCs they may not know otherwise. This is assuming they take any note or interest in her at all. But regardless she will be around if they need a little in character guidance.

I haven't really fleshed out much of her beyond the connections she has to the bigger plots of the story and I think that is a good thing because she needs to let them be the heroes.

I am so scared to be a DM but on the bright side I will be doing this with friends who can give me guidance. I just wish I'd had a little more experience playing the game for fun and not being a manager for a campaign I was a player for.

If you're looking for character are for your Player Characters or NPCs please go check out my Ko-Fi I have commissions open for character sheets that you or your players may be interested in. https://ko-fi.com/hearthkore

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#AnimalCrossingNewHorizons #ACNH This is Twiggy but #Humanized I think my Birdie Bestie looks the most adorable like this and it has been a really relaxing exercise to draw the Villagers as humans to see what I come up with <3

This was an exercise and a relaxing practice. My inspiration was my practice in turning my Animal Crossing New Horizon islanders into humans for my island on Tomodachi living the dream. Twiggy turned out so cute in her human form I kept decided to draw her in my style. She's one of my favorite villagers in both islands and I adore giving her cute pink clothes and seeing all the ways she changes into them with the fashionista trait.

She's not the only one I've done this too. I've got all my islanders from animalcrossing turned human so I might do more of these to relax myself and experiment with more designs. Plus they are just so darn cute <3 >:3

If you want a portrait like this for your own character please go check out my portrait commissions on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/c/c2b7372733

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#BirthdayGiftArt #Bookcharacter #DreamsOfaButterfly I made fanart for my friend's book bfor her birthday which was during Artfight. I'm finally getting a chance to share it on my socials though so yay!

So this was made during artfight but it wasn't for artfight. It was for my friend Tabitha Angel. She's an author of two books and she's work working on the third. This is Mina the female lead of said books. I decided for Tabi's birthday I'd draw whatever character she wanted me to if she had a preference. She had none so I picked Mina cause I adore her and all her fiery passion and sassy attiude. Despite this I wanted to draw her a little more calmly.

The first book in the series is called Dreams of a Butterfly. Butterfly is the common naming scheme of the whole series and so I drew her amongst many butterflies. I'm glad she loved it so much and according to her I'm the first one you make fanart for the series so I feel especially glad I made it.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#ArtfightReport #TeamComedy With the results finally in I was reminded I never finished posting my report card. So here is my first year report. I'm really proud of myself and all I did and hope to have just as great a year next year. Thank you for the fun Artfight everyone! <3

Saw this on either the Artfight Reddit or the Artists I follow on Bluesky. I loved the idea of having my own summary of the end of artfight so I took the template and made my own.

First attack was also one of my most time consuming because I had to animate it but I didn't have exact timing for any of my work so I decided to focus on another one that I was more sure of how long it took me.

I had four favorite attacks and three of them are on this summary but I chose this piece because it was one of my favorites that wouldn't fall into any other catagory and it also was the first piece I felt super proud of.

My last attack was part of my lightning round of portraits and I was pretty proud of it. Not one of my top four but it was a chacaracter I'd been looking at the whole month wanting to draw.

The Longest and shortest time pieces were two of my favorites. I loved the vibrate energy they each came with and the first one felt like a painting to me. I loved that about them both and ultimately thats why they are in my top four.

Least points was part of my lightning round. Granted it was least points because I accidently under represented how much of the character was showing. I thought it was just a bust piece but by Artfight standards it would have been a half body. Still I feel like it desereved the lesser amount because it wasn't anything spectacular. I still love it but not as much as others.

Most points was actually surprisingly one of my least favorites of the event. Mostly because it was one I had to redo multiple times and still didn't love. It felt like so much work for so little energy compared to some of my favorites.

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

@antivanravenqueen.bsky.social You've seen it but of course I wanna finish sharing all my #ArtFightAttacks this one was a lot of fun and I really loved this character hence he was brought to the lightning round. Looking forward to next year <3

This was my last attack of artfight. I had been aiming to do three more after him but I got burned out by that point so I didn't reach my goal of 25 attacks. Still I was pretty proud of this piece even if it wasn't my favorite. I loved all the fun of his hair and the beard. Forcing myself to draw men was an important part of this year's goal and Zahir Luterius by TallyOh.

He has this fighter energy that reminded me of Denken from Frieren. Specifically in that one scene during the first trial. So that is exactly what I themed this piece around. I'm glad TallyOh liked the work and look forward to my next artfight in 2027

Thank you to everyone who attacked me and who likes this pieces. Have a wonderful day

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#ArtfightAttack #LightningRound #Portrait This is is Vena a #Elf #Werebear character belonging to someone who isn't on Bluesky. Still I freaking loved drawing him. I was so dertermined to draw a character like one of mine so Vena was one of my last. This was a wonderful year to join <3

One of the last pieces I wanted to make for artfight was for one of the first people I saved in my bookmarks. This is Vena Meradi. He's an elf turned werebear who belongs to the artist `wwwmikeyxyz`

The reason I found this character at all is because of the werebear tag which I'd followed after posting my own werebear character to see how many others there were. During Artfight I had such a long list of characters saved I had set a rule for myself that if I didn't know who to draw I'd roll a random number generator and it never got far enough to the back to grab him. Still I was not going to end the season without drawing him and I'm so glad I did. He turned out so cute!

Hopefully next year I'll be a little better about getting to those on my list in the far back but one thing is for certain I had a great first year.

If you like the art I make and want a piece of your own please go check out my Ko-fi. I make character sheets, portraits, scenes, and emojis Ko-fi.com/hearthkore

Thank you to everyone for supporting my art and have a wonderful day!

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#ArtfightAttack Because yes I still have more of these to post and I'm so glad I do because outside of a #DnDCampaign work and a birthday gift. I haven't been #drawing I think she counts as a #MuscleMommy? But I'm not sure what the scales are. I had fun with this #portrait at least <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#ArfightAttack Yes I'm still posting these! I made a bunch in the last 72 hours and I'm taking my time to post them. #Portrait #Art was the focus of my lightning round and this one is one of my favorites.

Another one from the lightning round and personally one of my top three favorites from it. Something about this piece just spoke to me. The character is probably one of the simplest in design and description and it's to her benefit because she was this clear feeling. I looked at June here in her reference photos and just knew I wanted to draw her among the flowers.

But as you know this was the lightning round which meant no beautiful scene of her surrounded by a towering field of sunflowers like I wanted to. No this had to be a simple and clean portrait that still showed her connection to the beautiful bright blooms. So I got to work and I'm so proud of how it turned out. She's as radiant as a sunflower and as delicate as a tulip and that makes me feel so proud of my work. So much so she's joining my porfolio cause I can't hide her away in just the featured and artfight folders. She needs to be seen everywhere.

If you love this design as much as I loved making it. Maybe you want something like this for youself? If so I have my commissions open on Ko-fi for portraits, scenes, and character sheets. Please go check it out if you are interested and thank you all for all the love you show my art <3

Ko-fi.com/hearthkore

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

@kayechidraws.bsky.social You've seen this but I wanna share with others too. This is Kayechi's adorable #Fairy #Warlock Aster WillowBranch. I had such a fun time drawing her and love her so much. Wishing her a better #lovelife than my warlock <3

You guys are gonna probably be dealing with these posts for at least a few weeks cause I don't plan on breaking my posting schedule too much if at all even in the catch up. Though who know's maybe I'll force the issue because I wanna get to show you newer things.

This is another attack I did in my 72 hour lightning round for artfight. Every single character I drew for the lightning round and a hold on me in a way that I couldn't see ending the event without drawing them. This is Aster Willowbranch who belongs to KayeChi who I found via Bluesky (Which seems to be the place I find most of the artists I attacks. That and Tiktok)

Aster is a warlock who has a massive crush on her patron and I knew I had to draw her from those facts alone. That and my massive love of fairies. I didn't have the time to focus on a full scene like I would have loved but just getting to draw her at all was a delight. I especially loved working on her hair which seems to be my favorite part of any of my drawings.

This portrait was such a fun piece to draw and I'm so gonna miss Artfight now that it's over. But that does also open me up to my new goal. Opening my commissions over on Ko-Fi. I have plenty of options I've made for preset plans but I'm also open to a freestyle piece where we workout the best process for you. So If you want art made in my style for you or a loved one, please go check it out at this link.

https://ko-fi.com/hearthkore

Thank you to everyone for liking my art and reading this far. Have a wonderful day <3

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

@tevansart.bsky.social You've already seen it but I am presenting to the world my protrait from Artfight of you're little guy Kik. #Artfight might be over but me posting the art I made in the last 72 hours of it will keep going until I've posted them all!

This was part of my lightning round in the last few days of artfight and though it's over I'm still gonna just share these over time while I recover from the slight burnout I have myself in the last 72 hours of Artfight T0T

This is Kik "Fix" Stokes A fire Goblin character by the artist Tevans who I follow on Bluesky cause their style and character design is just so good. Kik is this capable little engineer of magical machines and prolific little prankster. I read those traits and knew instantly the portrait was gonna have this snickering little Goblin "Teehee" or more accurately a KuKuKu/Kekeke

I loved an excuse to draw this character and think it and the rest of the attacks I made in portrait form are great practice and examples of my skill

With Artfight over I will be opening up my commissions to the public so if you want art like anything I made during Artfight or if you want something completely different you have in mind you can commission me over on my Ko-fi
https://ko-fi.com/hearthkore

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful artfight and I look forward to seeing you in the next post

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Oo this is such a fun idea to show off and record your most popular ones for the year ❤️ hope to see you again next artfight!

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HearthKore (Commissions Open) @hearthkore.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

@hortensjjja.bsky.social Be attacked by artwork you beautiful artist you! With the last days of #artfight upon us I've been having a bit of a lightning round of drawing as many characters from my bookmarks as possible. Eshmara was one such character I couldn't resist <3

I said the last post was my last Artfight attack but Mwahha ha I lied! Sort of. I was still itching for the last few days to draw more of the characters that were on my list. I'd only gotten 15 drawings made and there were still like 60 characters in my bookmark collection.

One such character was Eshmara who is a type of being like a dryad but more root based from what I understand. She was such an elegant beauty that she looks like something out of a painting to me. So I made my own version. I wanted her to feel like an old oil painting in a noble's estate. Something timeless and elegant.

There are several more to come so even though artfight ends tomorrow there will be more artfight for me to share <3

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