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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Princess Experimenting with stylization and simplification. This started as a sketch last month and I had lost motivation to finish it. Made in Procreate, 5.5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #princess #angry #killer

Painting of a pretty, angry princess ready to strike with a knife.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Bond Practicing a painterly style. This is the first scene we see James Bond, in Dr. No. Made in Procreate, 5.5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #jamesbond #bond

Painting of James Bond, smoking a cigarette.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Drape Drip Stylized from a reference photo from Pinterest. The dress is sold on hundreds of sites, so I don't know the original source. Made in Procreate, 4.5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #drip #fashion

Woman in a green dress with hood, with hood covering the top of her face.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Lily Cat From a reference photo of Lily Newmark and cat. Made in Procreate, 6 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #lilynewmark #cat

Lily Newmark partially transformed into a cat, holding a cat.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Cooking Still trying to go for a simpler render, but got lost in the details a bit. Made in Procreate, 6 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #caveman #cooking

A caveman cooking meat by holding it with his foot over the fire. He's burned his hands and feet cooking this way.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Snorlax I've been trying for a simpler style, more retro children's storybook. Made in Procreate, 2.5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #pokemon #snorlax #fanart

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Waffles Got inspired by mashups at PopMart, so I'm mixing an occupation, food, and the military. Made in Procreate, 12.5 hours, not including 1.5 hours of gathering reference. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #waffles #wafflehouse #syrup

Woman in a waffle house uniform, saluting with a waffle beret on her head, dripping syrup.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Twice - Fancy Chae-young (채영), formerly of K-Pop group Twice from the "Fancy" music video. Made in Procreate, 3.5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #twice #kpop

Chae-young in pink light, looking sideways and puckering her lips as if to whistle

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Lily Newmark An actor from Alien: Earth. Made in Procreate, 4 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #alienearth #lilynewmark

Digital portrait of Lily Newmark holding a fan.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Supernova Winter Winter (from K-pop group aespa) from the Supernova video. More line experimentation. Done in Procreate, 4 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #aespa #supernova #winter #woman #lineart

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Been heavily experimenting on adding line and texture to my work. Done in Procreate, 2 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #woman #lineart

A woman with blond hair wearing a floating gold necklace

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Vera Octavia - Mother V8 - Muse of the BlackThumb - Imperator Prime A piece of mythology I created for the Mad Max universe. Done in Procreate, 12 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #madmax #madmaxfuryroad #furiosa #portrait #fantasy #mythology #fanart

Woman with bald head and greased forehead, with exhaust pipes coming from her helmet and a symbol on her forehead on fire.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I started this 2 and a half years ago, and decided it was time to commit to finish it. Done in Procreate, 23 hours. "I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation" - Wednesday Addams #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #wednesday #enid #thing #snood #fanArt

A digital painting of Enid, Thing, and Wednesday Addams in a selfie.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

More painterly practice. Going for speed. I tried not to zoom in. Done in Procreate, 1.5 hours. Reference: sutulastock on shutterstock #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #man #beard

A digital portrait of an older man with a grumpy expression and lovely arced beard.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Stare More painterly practice. So fun! Model: Claudia Riera for La Vanguardia Magazine. Photo: Julio Barcena Done in Procreate, 4.5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #fashion #style #pretty #woman

A digital portrait of a woman with short hair in a dark dress with puffy shoulders.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Shoulder I'm trying to be painterly with some stylization in hair. How am I doing? Reference: Pinterest (model/photographer unknown) Done in Procreate, 6 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #hair #pretty #woman #girl

A digital painting of a lovely woman with short, wavy, bouncy hair.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Imperator Furiosa Movie still study. Reference: film-grab.com Done in Procreate, 2 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #furiosa #madmax

Digital portrait of Furiosa in a vehicle.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Eyes Really liking my new pieces. Feels good. Done in Procreate, 3.5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #eyes

A digital painting of a woman with short dark hair and large eyes.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Christoph Waltz Experimenting with a painterly style and speeding up my process. Done in Procreate, 4 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #christophWaltz

A digital painting of actor Christoph Waltz.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Some doughnuts for you. I'm experimenting with stylization. My first version was way too photorealistic - not what I'm going for. I was able to do this one simpler with less of a photo look. Done in Procreate, 1.5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #food #doughnut #donut

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The best advice I've heard to remove AI from your reference image search: In Google, add "before:2021" to the end of your search. Yeah, there were still AI images before that, but they weren't in significant numbers, and they also look a mess.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

A Visit to the Castle Followed a tutorial by @maxinevee.bsky.social from the 3DTotal book "Quick & Simple Painting in Procreate". Done in Procreate, 5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #fantasy #landscape

A dragon suns itself next to a gate leading to a distant castle.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Bumbling Along Followed a tutorial by @katerado.bsky.social from the 3DTotal book "Quick & Simple Painting in Procreate". Done in @Procreate, 3.5 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #landscape #nature

A little fluffy bee ready to enjoy a rose.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Mountain Lake My first landscape! Followed a tutorial by David Joseph Ponthieux from the 3DTotal book "Quick & Simple Painting in Procreate". Done in Procreate, 3 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #landscape

Tiny man in a vast mountainous landscape.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

City Storm Followed a tutorial by Derek Domnic D'Souza from the 3DTotal book "Quick & Simple Painting in Procreate". Done in Procreate, only 2 hours! #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #cityscape

Man with headphones leaning on a railing overlooking a stormy city.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Liza Minelli in Cabaret (1972), for which she won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role Reference: Newsweek Done in Procreate, 6 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait

Woman with bowler hat, pink sparky dress and tremendous eyelashes.

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Phone 7 hours Using brushes by @marsa.art on Instagram Reference: - Model: Claudia Riera for La Vanguardia Magazine - Photographer: Julio Barcena #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait #fashion

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Sketchbook page 75 Head study. Used a flat brush for the hair. Reference: Pinterest #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait

digital pencil/charcoal portrait of a young woman with dark hair

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Big news for me! I got one of my pieces in ImagineFX magazine issue 251! (middle one) #imaginefx

3 photos of artwork in ImagineFX magazine

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Sketchbook page 1 Starting off the year real nice! KB from Skeleton Crew to kick it off. This is the first time I've shared a sketchbook page. Reference: Pinterest and google images #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait #hair #starwars #skeletoncrew

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Two Tone Really hitting my stride on this style. 4.5 hours in Procreate. Reference: A wig for sale on Amazon. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #art #portrait #hair

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Poison Apple Leaning into line art. This took 6 hours because I had to figure out some solutions to dealing with the line art in a way that I liked. Once I was on the right track I was done in an hour. Making time: ~2 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #art #disney #snowwhite #poison

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Teeth Finally getting really close to nailing the look I'm going for. 8 hours for this one. Lots of experimentation. Reference: Pinterest - I think it might be ratskeleton on Instagram. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #art #portrait #girl #vampire #tiefling

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Okarun Goes All Out (Dandadan) Loving Dandadan on Netflix, and once I saw Okarun transform to this, I knew I had to paint it. Back to line art for this one. In Procreate, about 7 hours. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait #dandadan #okarun #fanart #anime #animeart #dandadanfanart

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Puffy Jacket Toddler Photo study of a picture from instagram I've had saved for about 2 years. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait #child #cute #kawaii

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

IronJaw Enforcer This took 20 hours spread over several days. I'm very proud of it! #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait #fantasy #imaginefx

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Super Hoodie I'm getting faster. This took only 4 and a half hours. Lots of lasso tool to isolate spots, and sometimes feathering the selection to get soft edges. Reference: Aurora Boutique (online shop) #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait #gouache #hoodie #headphones

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Baby Hippo Study Moo Deng - super cute baby at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait #gouache #hippo #mooDeng

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Knitted Balaclava Reference from the Cider online store. I followed a tutorial by Habook that was pretty close to my current workflow. But I learned some better ways to add depth. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait #gouache #fashion

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Orc Some World of Warcraft style. I've made some brushes that save time and help me get done faster in my style. Lovin' it! #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #portrait #orc #warcraft #worldOfWarcraft #dnd #fantasy

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

FrankenBerry When the Monster Cereals were on the shelves for Halloween, I tried out FrankenBerry in my style. You can see the box I used. #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #art #cereal #halloween

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Photo Study Experimenting with some visible brush strokes with new brushes I made. Reference by Krivitskiy on Pexels: www.pexels.com/@krivitskiy/ #procreate #digitalArt #digitalPainting #art

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Incendiary Sharpshooter Playing more with a new style that I really like. Made in Procreate, 8 hours. #gouache #digitalArt #procreate #mage #fantasy #portrait #characterDesign

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Kingpin and Maya "Echo" on Disney+ was a fun ride. Kingpin is an interesting character. This is him walking with Maya after he had just beat an ice cream vendor who had treated her badly. A gentle moment for a brutal man. #fanart #marvel #daredevil #procreate

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John Washam @john-washam-art.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Glamour From 2023: Trying out a style that includes color line art and some textures. Reference from ArthurHidden on Freepik: www.freepik.com/free-photo/y... #witch #characterDesign #fantasy #procreate

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