iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Okay I've been putting this off for too long but here are my final illustrations I made for my graduate exhibition! The project is called Earth Day 2120 and is an attempt at creating more positive visions of our future using the techniques of imaginative and fantastical illustration. #illustration

digital illustration of clouds and a blue sky with the words Earth Day 2120 in white

digital illustration of a group of people planting trees in a field under a blue sky filled with clouds

digital illustration of a crowd of people gathered around a memorial sculpture with candles

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Garruk, Ajani, Hans Eriksson, Teferi till the room STINKS

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Hellraiser (1987). The most unhinged world and unhinged characters. Julia cotton is the OG messy diva.

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Had to say goodbye to this lovely lady today. She had a good life. Hope there's plenty of carpets for her to pee on wherever she is.

Photo of a black and white cat sitting on a keyboard

Photo of a black and white cat on a large cushion bed

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

To celebrate my pookie bear Garruk FINALLY returning in Reality Fracture here's a fanart WIP I still need to finish lmao #mtg #fanart

digital illustration of mtg character Garruk running through the woods with a pack of wolves

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Exhibition test prints acquired 🙏 they big

Mirror selfie of me in an elevator holding a large roll of paper

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

3 days left before the deadline yes I'm fine I'm totally fine

Pen and ink drawing of me looking scared and frazzled and the word fuck repeating ad nauseum behind me

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The only thing getting me through this last week of college work is this livestream

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Weaponising my motion design module I did last semester for personal gain (posting video compilations of my plein airpril studies) #illustration

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Quote with your four elements! Air ☁️ Water 🌊 Fire🔥 Earth ⛰️ Plein Airpril edition!

digital illustration of some large fluffy clouds

digital illustration of a stormy shoreline with large waves

digital illustration of a forest fire with a small tree in the center slowly burning

digital illustration of a snowy mountainside

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Today's #pleinairpril study! I'm really enjoying trying to find a good variety of different environments to paint. #illustration

digital illustration of a small tree catching fire in the middle of a smoke shrouded pine forest with flames creeping across the forest floor

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Every time I wake up and there's some new insane news from across the pond im like

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Ive been yearning to be by the sea lately so here's an ocean study! #pleinairpril #illustration

Digital illustration of a stormy sea with big waves over some rocks and there's. Lighthouse in the distance

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Another study! This time with just a single square brush. #illustration #pleinairpril

Digital illustration of a tower of red rocks in the desert under a blue sky

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Another study! This time I just used the lasso tool. Always love how it makes a piece look. #illustration #pleinairpril #digitalart

Digital illustration of a concrete staircase on a grassy Hill under a vivid blue sky with a large towering cumulonimbus clpud

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Sums up my last d&d session pretty well. Only this idiot could go to a divorce hearing and somehow still leave it getting engaged to someone....

Digital drawing of a blue skinned pirate lookin fella with the dark souls text format "husband divorced" imposed over it

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Jokes aside happy #portfolioday day I hope Santart Claus fills your stockings with new paint brushes and fresh pen nibs ❤️ I will have new work this year I promise ahshdjshsjf just let me finish my graduate project

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Another 1 hr study! We're feeling chilly today #illustration

Digital painting of a rocky outcropping on a mountain with snow on some of the ground

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Quick study for plein airpril or whatever it's called. It's very ethel cain core iykyk #illustration

Loose painterly digital illustration of a small white chapel on a prairie under fluffy grey clouds

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Lil WIP snippet of one of my final year exhibition illustrations ☺️ Its a monument dedicated to the regeneration and restoration of our world. Unfortunately I now have to also draw a fuck ton of people around it :') #illustration

Crop of Digital illustration showing a large blue stone orb floating above a pool of water with golden cracks across its surface and a mineral carved tree sits atop the sphere. Vague human shaped blob sketchs surround it

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Share your art and your nationality! Éire abú!

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

quick concept painting for my college project

Digital painting of lush green hills in a painterly style under a blue sky with fluffy clouds. Large blimp looking wind turbines float in the air

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Dye Sublimation prints came out amazing!!

Photo of a heavy metal poster design with a mastodon skull printed on fabric

Dark drawing of a goat with big horns over red clouds printed on a ceramic tile

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Heavy metal posters for different paeleological epochs? Is this anything? #illustration

Heavy metal poster design with a line drawing of a mastodon skull covered in sinew and rot. The words 'miocene epoch' are written in a heavy metal font

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Quick little goat for a print project in college ❤️

Digital illustration of a black horned goat with 3 motes of red above it's head. It's standing on a cliff with red clouds billowing in a white sky. It's a quick and fluffy drawing with a pastel brush

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I have learned how to randomize elden ring! And it is hitting the slay button on these npcs

Elden ring screenshot showing a man in a red dress

Elden ring screenshot where a lady is in a white dress

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Did a study from a ref pack I picked up a few months ago and I'm really happy w how it turned out!

digital illustration of a bald shirtless hairy man with a big salt and pepper beard in a big leather belt and brown skirt holding a sword in one hand

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Had to reinstall Firealpaca to look at my 2020 work😅

digital illustration of a grassy field with a copse of trees. The color work is a bit shoddy but its a pretty faithful study of the photo its based off of

highly detailed digital illustration of a black woman in a pink victorian gown strolling on a beach at sunset trailed by a gigantic blue jellyfish that is handing her a conch

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

An anniversary gift for two very good friends of mine who got married last year #illustration

digital illustration of a bride and groom dancing in a church bathed in light

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A study of some mtg art for a portfolio piece in the works :D #illustration #mtg #mtgart

digital illustration showing a red haired angel in armor backlit by a blazing sun. she is brandishing a flamberge and a broadsword and her eyes glow with orange light

original illustration digital illustration showing a red haired angel in armor backlit by a blazing sun. she is brandishing a flamberge and a broadsword and her eyes glow with orange light

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

the Vermis cassette tape didnt come with a plastic case so I got a spare one and made a lil slip in cover for it 😊😊

photo of a plastic cassette box holding a cassete tape. underneath is printed document showing the inner sleeve and cover of the tape and a larger booklet/box with the cover art on it.

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Here's some of the details that I'm quite proud of! Her face came out perfect (after some rather mid iterations that needed better references). The book title is 'Jellyfishing for Dummies' in a magic cipher font thing.

close up crop of the characters face, she has long dark afrotextured hair that is pushed back and is backlit by the sunset

close up of her hand holding a blue book with gold lettering on the cover

close up of the bell of the jellyfish, its underside is a deep navy blue and there's jewel-like tendrils handing from the rim of the bell

close up of some background details showing the rocky beach shore, two seagulls are perched on the rocks and other gulls fly in the distance above the horizon

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

One of my inspos WAS indeed the spirit jellyfish in elden ring. Love those lil guys!

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Okay this is finally done! I did a mentorship with @abigbat.bsky.social and this is the final piece. Just a gal and her giant magical jellyfish hunting for pretty seashells ✨ #illustration

Digital painting showing a black woman in a pink victorian style dress with long flowy sleeves and flowy strips of fabric pinned to the waist. Shes holding a book in one hand and reaching tbe other behind her as a giant blue jellyfish floats behind her and hands her a conch shell. The sky is a blazing red sunset.

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Vermis Dungeon Synth album???? On cassette ??? This shit is straight up fire

Photo of a cassette tape case with 'Vermis, sounds of the world, Vol. 1' on it over an old style ttrpg illustration with the sub heading 'Melodies of the Unknown by Radagast'

Photo of me holding the white cassete tape

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

#studiogibli timelapse study! Made by me with my very real human artist hands ❤️ #illustration #art

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

First world record store day haul! Nothing crazy but i picked up a bit of everything i wanted!

Photo of 3 vinyl records on a counter top. One is a 10 inch EP All I ever Asked by rachel chinouriri, a 7 inch single, Guess feat. Billie eilish and Attack of the killer b-sides EP by A Day to Remember

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Ralph McMahon @rmmillustration.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

#studybuddies im not around for the actual stream but i wanted to do a study of a ghibli background anyway! This is from Princess Mononoke and i did it in 2 hours #ghibli #humanart

Digitial painting of a background from the movie princess Mononoke by studio ghibli. It shows a pool of water in a forest at night with a solitary ancient tree on a green island in the center of a pool. A small figure is visible on the shore with a deer animal neck deep in the water.

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