iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 18h

Mine is so boring compared to everyone else. Amazon just knows I'm an artist

Amazon unsurprisingly knows I'm an artist.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Had to go hop onto my PC to find this but this is a finished character commission and the 3d mockup for the background

Finished 3d painting of a man with cyborg legs standing on a rooftop

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bored and I want to draw but my hand hurts so instead I designed and 3d printed some stencils at common aspect ratios to use for thumbnailing. These are all 2.5 inches on the long side.

4:5 aspect ratio thumbnail sketch stencil and paper with boxes drawn with it.

Stencils for thumbnail sketches at 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16, and 1:2 aspect ratios

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've had this book on my wishlist for years but it was always so pricey. Finally snagged a copy. I'm such a huge fan of Guillermo del Toro and I love seeing how other creative people think and plan.

Guillermo del Toro Cabinet of Curiosity book

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I ordered all the supplies for cyanotype printing right before everything fell apart last month. Finally getting around to doing it. These are just to play around and learn. Used a photo of a deer skull and some dried milkweed pods that I took and printed them inverted on transparency film.

Some not so good prints of dried milkweed pods

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Dammit forgot the screenshot

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Artists, show how you paint women!

Digital painting of a Selkie wrapped in her reclaimed seal skin

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Waiting on this render in Blender is killing me. It'll be worth it but I'm impatient.

Blender render queue monitor showing progress of 1078/1752 frames renders and estimated 18 hours and 1 minute remaining

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Wow! The latest Blender update really improved volume rendering. My render times are so much faster now. Volumes used to nearly double my render time but look at this. I need to adjust the fig settings but barely over a second difference

Render of a cemetery scene with volume fog, 12.75s

Render of a cemetery scene no volume fog, 11.47s

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My most recently finished illustration. I was really anxious I wouldn't get it done in time to have prints made before NecronomiCon but I did it. Also I really need to use Rebelle more often because the oil painting texture and metallics are are just so good

The Queen in Yellow, digital painting of a woman in gold mask and yellow robes against a green abstract background

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I needed a break from my animation project tonight so working on this mermaid I drew back for MerMay and has been sitting as a sketch unfinished on my iPad since. Using Artstudio Pro for this one since it has pigment mixing and I intend to finish this with Rebelle.

Work in progress mermaid painting in blues with a red underpainting

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Been working on 3d models for my animation project and now I have these cute little candles in Blender. They came out much more realistic than I'd hoped. Also all the flames are the same video loop just with slightly different offsets which worked out nicely.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New skill unlocked! Baking normal maps from a high poly to a low poly(ish) model in Blender.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Is Fusion the right software to design a traveler notebook cover to laser cut? Maybe not, but it's the software I know and I know how to set up parametric designs in it so I can adjust it for size without having to redo everything.

traveler notebook cover design in Fusion CAD software

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Able bodied AI bros: AI makes are more accessible for disability Me: I have only one working eye and my prescription lens for it is -12.5. I can make art while having a serious visual impairment. If you have the drive to art you'll do it.

Painting of a Selkie made with my own hands and a lot of eye strain

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Because what's another hobby? My first fountain pen arrived today. I've used dip pens for years for inking art and I love them so I don't know why it took so long for me to get a fountain pen for writing. I've had it for like 3 hours and I may never write with ballpoints again.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Ran Sabbat LARP tonight and a player showed up with a bag of shiny rocks and said it was to give all the autistics. I have three new shiny rocks.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I'm a kid of the 80s and 90s who always loved fantasy. My biggest influences were the cover art for books, films, and roleplaying games. So artists like Frank Frazetta, Brian Froud, Michael Whelan, and James Gurney. Along with countless artists who've worked on D&D and M:tG.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Finally finished this painting of a Selkie I started back in October. I'm really proud of how it turned out. Also credit to @trueref.bsky.social for the amazing reference photo I used as inspiration for this. #digitalart #painting #fantasyart

Painting of a selkie wrapped in her seal skin stanging in front of a seascape with rocks in the distance.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I make nylon whips with gutted Paracord. This is the last one I made

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Been using Nomad for like a year and just learned tonight that you can export turntable gifs of your 3d models. So here's a work in progress sculpt

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Just to give you an idea because I have Krita open right now this is the Brush editor. When I say I'm spoiled by Krita's Brushes this is what I mean

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Today in my Blender learning journey, I figure out how to make VDM brushes from existing models. So I'm making some brushes using (public domain/CC0) 3d scans of fossils from museums. These are the first couple.

Thumbnails of a Blender VDM brush of an Ammonite fossil

Thumbnails of a Blender VDM brush of an Trilobite fossil

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

More playing with the soft body simulation in Blender. Now with added motion.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Today I'm learning the basics of soft body simulation in Blender. This light (with better textures) will gently swing in my animation project so I need the pull chain to react to that. This projects is a bit overwhelming at times. I only have until August 14 to get it done.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Animation test for some moths I'll be adding to my animation project. All I really animated was the wing flapping, the rest was done by a boid particle system in Blender. I don't even pretend to understand the math for particle systems, I just messed around with the settings until it looked right.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Oil painting is just so nice. What do you mean if I forget to rinse my brush for 10 minutes it's not ruined? So here's how my first oil painting is looking so far. Might never go back to acrylics

In progress oil painting of a raven on gessoed hardboard

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

One of my friends was kind enough to take me to the hardware store today so I could get some MDF and now I have the linoleum for linocuts mounted, including the one I already did. Now I can do some carving and printing.

Linoleum for linocuts prints mounted to MDF including one already carved with a Luna moth

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Which would be one of its issues though I don't mind that so much because it's also incredibly customizable. This is what my Krita window looks like for example. Though I'm not sure any UI enrages me quite as much as CSP. I wish I could like it, the tools are great, but I hate it so much.

Screenshot of customized Krita workspace

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Couple fun little pieces I've done lately for sticker designs. The ghost skull actually started as a sketch for a full painting of a Necromancer that I ended up hating everything but that part and wanted to salvage it. The other is my take on the Necronomicon with a dash of mimic #digitalart #artist

Digital painting of a glowing green ghost skull with floating ectoplasmic hair

Digital painting of the Necronomicon with eye and tongue coming out of the book. It's held by purple tentacles, one is holding the key to unlock the book.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Also I got called out by the damn dice bot.

Discord screenshot of a dice roller bot asking "Did you drink water today?'

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Was up absurdly late last night because I hyperfocussed on doing these studies. Got to finish them today.

A screenshot showing a reference image panel (ImgRef app) with several photos next to Procreate showing painted studies of the references. Fully rendered tomato, pear, and halves avocado. Sketches of a opened can of sardines, poached egg on toast, and chili pepper

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy

The Pale Blue Dot photograph taken by Voyager I of the Earth from 3.7 billion miles away.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Plus these two printed just for the person who commissioned them

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

My new prints arrived! Of course on the hottest possible day so getting them all sleeved is going to be exhausting. Still they're here and beautiful. I got more sizes than just this but this shows each of the pieces I had printed.

5 8x10 prints. Clockwise from the top: Cthilhu Spawn, Octopus in Kelp, Necromancer, Blood Hunter, Deep Sea Siren

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The more I play with Artstudio Pro on iPad the more I'm surprised it's not more popular. It feels like a really nice middle ground between Procreate and ClipStudio. Also it has PIGMENT mixing! Which makes me so happy because I do a lot of blending

A demonstration showing pigment mixing on the left and standard RGB mixing on the right.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It will have a name, backstory, and possibly googly eyes glued to it. This is my little space heater

A space heater named Toasty Boi with googly eyes

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Monday was my birthday so as is tradition, I bought myself new art stuff and it arrived today.

4 art books, Framed Perspective 1, Morpho anatomy for artists, Morpho fat and skin folds, Morpho clothing folds and creases

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Sometimes you just need to draw something quick and simple. Decided to spend the weekend on art I could print as stickers. So I made a gelatinous cube. #digitalart #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Okay, so I didn't get this finished in time for the 1st. But it's done now. Happy Pride!

Digital painting of an octopus in the nonbinary pride flag colors on a pride rainbow background.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I've been really happy with the Maingear MG-1 PC I bought in December. It's by far the fastest machine I've ever used and it has pretty lights.

Lit up desktop PC with monitor and graphics tablet

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Closeup on the face for a commission I'm working on right now. I have never ever painted this much fur before and it's a lot. How do furry artists do this all the time?

Closeup of the face of an anthropomorphic white tiger with boar tusks and glowing red and blue eyes.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Meanwhile mine is getting harder and harder to follow

Phone lock screen that reads "Don't Panic"

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Timelapse from Procreate of the paint over. I wish nomad had a recording feature but alas it does not and I never remember to use the screen record on the iPad

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Here's the piece I sculpted in Nomad then painted over. I designed the carving in illustrator and made it into a brush. Trying to draw that by hand in perspective would have sucked. Also the export from Nomad.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Good to get a little sculpting in for the first time in a while, even if it's digital not clay.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

If you see this, post a vampire 🦇

A female vampire with short red hair stalking towards the viewer holding a pair of sword breakers. Shadowy tentacles writhe behind her

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

How you know I'm prepping for a LARP event game: I'm spending time making stuff like this. Praise Caine #vampirethemasquerade #worldofdarkness

An 8 inch long 3d printed Sabbat ankh with silver and gold leafing.

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Noadi @noadi.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

It's #PortfolioDay so hi! I'm a painter and sculptor working in both traditional and digital mediums. I do a lot of character portraits and wierd creatures.

Digital painting of a deep sea siren floating in the water, dappled with light. Surrounded by her three bioluminescent sea serpents.

Digital painting of a man with cyborg legs standing on a roof in front of a city at night. In the background is a neon sign with the Brujah vampire clan symbol and graffiti of the name Alex.

Digital edit of a pencil sketch of a Cthulhu spawn

Cold Cast Bronze bust of a woman with tentacles instead of hair. A denizen of Innsmouth.

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