iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jolyne @jolynegarcia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Man in the mirror 🌌 #mtg #mtgfanart

Portrait of a statue of The Theorist, Jace Beleren, from Magic The Gathering. Over the statue flash fragments of a magical reflection like shattered glass, in it you can see the visage of Jace, happy.

Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I decided to delete the thread about Jace and Breach. I'm still full of thoughts and feelings regarding interpretation of design, but I see that there are many differing opinions on the matter, so it's best to let it be. I do apologize for spreading my poor mood.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Artists, show how you draw flowers! 💐💐💐 I should draw more flowers.

An itty bitty painting of Elspeth, the planeswalker from Magic: The Gathering, as a white mouse clad in silver armor with golden decorations. She's wearing a white cape and holding a spear that took more than one try to get to look right. Behind her, white sweet peas are arranged in the shape of wings (because Elspeth is an angel) and she's making friends with an orange butterfly.
This is on the back of my Swords to Plowshares artist proof, which also involves sweet peas.
Pencil for scale!

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𝒒𝒗 @quietvictories.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you see this, QRP your green art 🍀

digital painting of a witch checking into a travel bus

digital painting of whimsical burrow village

digital painting of chembaroness and her girls from Arcane

digital painting of new york street and group of people looking at green anomaly happening

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Bru.ib⭐ @bruib.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you see this, QRP your green art 💚 #ArtTrain 'Split Attention.' & 'The head of an enemy.' #Art #DarkArt

a green, glowing, concentric line art solar system, with a black sun and a split, large planet.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If you see this, QRP your green art 💚

$A digital illustration showing fractal growth pouring out of an opalescent stone egg and then just growing and growing and growing.$ A very green digital painting of a wolf that is biting down on a crane's throat in shallow waters, full of plants. The crane has a koi fish in its beak, and its plucked feathers are turning into more fish that nibble away at the wolf, exposing its skeleton which is overgrown with new plants, forming a spiraling shape. At the very core of the spiral is a nest with five crane eggs.

A very green digital painting of a wolf that is biting down on a crane's throat in shallow waters, full of plants. The crane has a koi fish in its beak, and its plucked feathers are turning into more fish that nibble away at the wolf, exposing its skeleton which is overgrown with new plants, forming a spiraling shape. At the very core of the spiral is a nest with five crane eggs.

Nissa walking along a dark twisty path through a very very very green surreal environment with portals leading to various planes.

$Magic the Gathering illustration of a Strixhaven college student summoning a landscape fractal kind of creature for the card "Leyline Invocation". It is aggressively green.$

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finn 🪱🗡 commissions OPEN @maggotknight.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Admech character for xeno shenanigans :] #40k

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's artist proof o'clock again! Painted this lady on the back of my Archdruid's Charm. Explored a whole new type of shinies while at it - tiny opals! They're in her sleeve, tiara and the amulet. You can see them best in the third image.

A 8.3x6.6 cm acrylic painting of an elven lady in voluminous dress with overall floral themes. She's holding her hand around a pretty chonky amulet. Pencil for scale.

A different angle of the same painting, showing off the interference and metallic paints.

Yet another angle, now showing off the opals! Got all of them to flash here, they've got different faces under the gel so they tend to light up at different times. It's fun

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Sam Guay @samguayart.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The One Who Breaks the Wheel, 2026 for the Saturnine Oracle

Painting of a manticore-like creature with a broken wheel and a cord about to be cut

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RAVioli 🥟🌿 @unravy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

✨🎉 Today I aged!! Here are some moths to celebrate! 🎉✨

reference sheet of a mothdrake, a species created by me of moth dragons, inspired by the southern flannel moth. She is covered in fur, has a disk like head, two fluffy antennae, four soft wings, six short legs, and a fur covered tail except for the tip, used to grab onto tree branches

Reference sheet of a dark green and gold colored moth dragon with two pair of wings, six arms, a rhino horns, golden horns, a fluffy mane and a long thick tail

Reference sheet of a butterfly dragon with two pair of wings, six spindly legs, long antennae, and a long sinuous neck and tail

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Another proof sketch - this time Zelda praying. Markers again - figured I'd get some of the marker orders done since I've got them out of the shelf Way Over There (across the room).

An 8.8 x 6.3 cm drawing of princess Zelda praying in the little pond from BotW. I tried to capture the mix of emotions she had going on in the scene through the medium of eyebrows. And also markers.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Oh dear I've been drawing all these proof sketches and then forgetting to post them! Need to fix that. Today: Aurelia, the Warleader in markers on the back of my "Fiery" from Jumpstart. Held my breath while drawing her face - luckily, no hand wobbles!

An 8.8x6.3cm card with a marker drawing of Aurelia, the Warleader who is an armored angel holding two glowing swords. The whole thing is in black + white + golden tones except for the bright reds in her hair. It was a good blending exercise!

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Julia Lundman 🩵🧚🦄🧌 @paintkatt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"Talisman" at Modern Eden gallery exhibition, "The Weight of Feeling" opens tomorrow!

flyer for The Weight of Feeling group show at Modern Eden.

A hand wrapped in ribbon with stars tattooed on the palm, a cut, a snake, a moon, flame, smoke and nature bits surrounding the hand.

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Working on a new piece; thinking about star thistles, how in the western US they are an invasive and noxious weed that readily takes over land that has been disturbed and degraded. or something.

A pencil sketch of two women embracing, surrounded by star thistles. One woman has star thistle spines protruding from her body and pressing against the skin of the other woman attempting to hold her close.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Today: Liliana on the back of a "Breach the Multiverse" artist proof. Leaned into the pinks and the stars. Acrylics!

A 6.3x8.8 cm painting of Liliana from Magic: The Gathering, holding a very starry spell that wraps around her and dissipates into space. Pencil for scale

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Anthony Avon .Art @anthonyavonart.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Sunday sketching!

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Today - a weather appropriate artist proof painting. This one's on the back of my Screaming Nemesis and the request was to make it a cat! Since my screamy girl has neither pants nor a face, I felt a sphynx cat would bear the best resemblance.

A 6.3x8.8cm acrylic painting depicting a fiery cat surrounded by disembodied paws, clawing up the environment. There's a delicious shiny moth in front of it and the cat's mouth is open so good luck, moth.
Pencil for scale.

The same painting photographed at a different angle in an attempt to show off the colorful foiling of the moth, violet and golden shinies all around and the textured, raised edges around the scratches.

Magic: The Gathering card "Screaming Nemesis".

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Olivia Gobert-Hicks @goberthicks.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

NO FACE NO PANTS NO MERCY

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Tokens!! I caved in to peer pressure and painted six tokens featuring my local gremlin (possibly also a cat) Bucha. Today the printed ones came in and they turned out great! They're coming with me to Magic Con Amsterdam, july 17-19. Oh and they're on thematically appropriate artist proofs.

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John Chen @johnchen.com.au · 19/06/2026

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JesteniaS @citrusfoam.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Calling back to Year of the Snake

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A quick thought on digitizing art: ARGHH Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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IntroSpectres 🌊 @introspectres.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

remember you'll die // remember to live #art

Illustration with a strong blue tint. An orange skeleton holds a scythe over a tide pool. Fish fly out of it in the bottom half of a figure-eight that encircles the reaper. At the top, a sea bird plucks a fish from the loop and is show in different phases of consuming it. The piece has a decrative border depicting the life cycle of the Atlantic salmon. Scrolled text at the top and bottom read: memento mori and memento vivere

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Aaron Miller Illustration --> GenCon! @aaronbmiller.com · 04/06/2026

Some Wild Shapes are truly WILD. 🐻✨🐻✨🐻 This Stonehide Bear was created for Skwirl's Wild Shape Cards - the 2024 5.5e update is live NOW on Kickstarter! This original illustration is available as an add-on, too! Find your Wild Shape today: www.kickstarter.com/projects/aar...

Photo of an illustration on white paper resting on a wooden background. The illustration is of a large bear on its hind legs, roaring off to the right. It's done in inks and watercolors.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

Today: My very shiny rendition of Nissa doing the planeswalking thing for the Path of the Animist card from Magic the Gathering. AD: Zack Stella

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Apollo @poliaths.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

bird and wolf

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

FOOTSTEPS (2026) Acrylic - 12” x 24” Measured in geological terms, the human epoch occupies a footnote in the deep history of time. Like the dinosaurs, will our moment here leave lasting impressions in the soil? Or will our expression of life fall silent like the flutter of butterfly wings? 1/3

A young girl in white dress runs barefoot across dry earth with her blonde hair bouncing as en masse with her stride. In her left hand, she delicately pinches the string of a blue balloon as dozens of pale white and yellow butterflies trail her. From behind, the sun casts a long thin shadow ahead of her. All around her, massive impressions of dinosaur footprints sink into the ground. They run offset in parallel tracks to the low rusty rim of what might be a crater. Mixed among the larger tracks are smaller bird-claw impressions from a raptor.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Another artist proof painted! Acrylics, a touch of interference paints, and a hint of glow in the dark accents which I can't stop playing with, so there's a video below ⬇️

6.3x8.8 cm predominantly blue acrylic painting of a hooded mage meditating in a lake. The sky above him shows the big dipper constellation, while the water reflects five moon phases.

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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜 @blacksalander.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Malenia Goddess of Rot link for purchasing prints bellow

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Today's artist proof painting - the little Bloomburrow bunny from my Swords to Plowshares mourning a fallen friend. Acrylics + fineliner (ok several actually 'cause I wanted colorful lines)

6.3x8.8 cm painting of a little bunny sat by a makeshift altar to a fallen friend, surrounded by cempasúchiles and monarch butterflies. Pencil for scale.

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Lenka Šimečková @lesim.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Culling Ritual for Magic: The Gathering - Secrets of Strixhaven: Mystical Archive. AD: Tom Jenkot, @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social My favourite one from this set, it was so fun figuring out this kinda fungal treefolk design, and ofc - lil critters going poof! #mtg #mtgstrixhaven #illustration

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Today's artist proof painting - a mareep! Acrylics and cat hair on the back of my Enduring Innocence.

A 6.3x8.8cm painting of a mareep bouncing around Duskmourn, surrounded by shiny moths. Pencil for scale

The same picture, angled differently to show off the effect paints

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Today's artist proof sketch - also Chandra! As it happens, I had two requests for her on my list this time, both done in the paint sketch style (which is to say acrylics + lineart) and both on my proof of Powerbalance. So I foiled this one's eyelashes, too. 😁

Photo of a small painting - 6.3x8.8cm of Chandra from Magic: The Gathering being all fiery and screamy. Pencil for scale.

Another shot of the same illustration, with the light angled so as to show some of the effect paints and foiling. There's volume (and shinies) in her hair, the eyes have a blue and orange reflection and there's teensy tiny foiling in her eyelashes and on the details of her collar.

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Damian Shields @damianshields.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The Falls of Bruar, Pitagowan #Perthshire #Scotland #Bruar www.damianshields.com

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Ayla Meridian 🌙 COMMS OPEN! @aylameridian.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Full page the weird eye things belongs to - very much a wip but I wanted to share it anyway. She's hoping to find the Machine Elves.

Work in progress comic page in yellows and golds with a little green. its heaps trippy it has several panels that sort of merge into one another - a golden woman steps through a mystical eye into a field of stars. Its basically a DMT trip.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Today's artist proof sketch - Chandra! I feel very accomplished over successfully foiling her eyelashes. I also added gel to her hair for tangible volume, foiled the little shadows on her collar, added a subtle blue and orange sheen to her eyes etc. All of which is much easier to show on video ⬇️

A photo of a small acrylic + fineliner (+ foil + shenanigans) painting on the back of an artist proof, 6.3 x 8.8 cm. It shows Chandra from Magic: The Gathering full of fire and rage.

A close up showing off the colorful reflections in and around her eye. The yellows/reds aren't color accurate in this one.

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thatzombiecat🌟chaotic tired @thatzombiecat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hotline, drukhari hellion #40k #art #elfenjoyers birthday gift for the wonderful @nanivel.bsky.social ❤️❤️

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🌿Rowynn Ellis @rowynnellis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Two more favourite AP’s from the London Spotlight Series event, I found myself getting lots of fluffy tiger and cat requests and I was more than happy to oblige 🥰 These were drawn with ink and acrylic markers

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Julia Lundman 🩵🧚🦄🧌 @paintkatt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I have four coasters in Nucleus Portland’s upcoming show, Salut! Opening June 7th both online and at the gallery. “Oak, Thistle, Clover, Hawthorn”

Four small coasters, Oak, Thistle, Clover and Hawthorn, each with a moon in the center and stars.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Another little artist proof painting done! This is on the back of Enduring Innocence and features the same happy little lamb as the other side. Acrylics, pencil for scale. Video with the shinies below ⬇️

A photo of a small - 6.3 x 8.8 cm acrylic painting of a glowy happy lamb gamboling through the dark misty halls of Duskmourn. There are lights embedded in the distant wall with suspiciously mothlike shapes all around them.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Freshly finished another artist proof painting on the back of my Swords to Plowshares for Bloomburrow. Second image is my feeble attempt at capturing the effect paints.

A photo of a small (6.3 x 8.8 cm) painting on the back of a Magic: The Gathering artist proof. It shows an orangey sword dissolving (explosively) into a whole bunch of sweet peas.
Pencil for scale

Another photo of the same painting, now with the light angled to bring out the violet - and less obvious orange - shine of the interference paints, as well as large golden accents scattered around the darker area.

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Zhillustrator @zhillustrator.com · 11/05/2026

"It was a feat only the best Reality Twisters could've pulled off. Cores were made for spectacle, feeding off imagination, yet hardly anyone is able to interface with the century-old masterpiece now. Muffin can, though." 🖼️The Cumulus Core Personal #art, 202X, ArtRage/Clip Studio. @en.clipstudio.net

The Cumulus Core, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A surreal field with an impressive view of a radiant core surrounded by swirling dark clouds and swirling, radiant rays that arch around the landscape. There's a hovercat in the midground, hovering innocently. The colors are predominantly blue.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

✨ Quote repost your art that has stars! ✨ Got a couple in this one.

A digital painting of a "Swamp" in space. This one's about stars gone nova drifting towards oblivion like a bunch of waterlilies of explosive death.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Magic Spotlight: Secrets in London has concluded and what an amazing event it was! Huge thanks to @leylinenexus.bsky.social, @danielcane.bsky.social, @fanfinity.bsky.social for making this happen!

Photos from the event! Top photo shows everyone involved in making the Things Happen. Bottom photo shows a group of creative goobers full of coffee and marker fumes. Photos courtesy of Elysha Hayley.

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leylinenexus.bsky.social @leylinenexus.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thank you @fanfinity.bsky.social and Pugs Vault for a weekend we will not forget soon. Thank you all who came out and played with our lovely creators! & thank you to those who got their cards signed but the wonderful artists! From dinners to games! It was a real cool start! #leylinenexus

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I have a very special announcement! I've joined Leyline Nexus - a creative collective all about the shows and art of Magic, and our website just went live! Check it out: www.leylinenexus.com Shout out to @danielcane.bsky.social social for making this happen!

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Today - ✨advanced shinies✨! On an artist proof, as usual. Took several hours of trial and error, but I have a method now. There's a video below because showing foil effects in a still image is difficult.

An acrylic painting on the back of an artist proof of the foil Island Magic card from the Edge of Eternities set - so 6.3 x 8.8cm big. It shows Liliana casting a very shiny (in a golden kind of way) spell with tiny black stars scattered around it. She's set against a blue background, with a few, less prominent stars to it.
The lineart is also done with acrylics - I'd normally use a fineliner for this sort of thing, but I wanted the lines to be finer than that while still maintaining a good amount of color, so used a brush instead.

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