iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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tomattiea 🌱 @tomattiea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

No peace in a capitalist hellscape I fear #art #cuteart #cat

Digital art of a black cat with its tongue sticking out and it's paws on its face, looking up. The caption reads "was I bring productive? No."

Same art as previous slide but the caption now reads "was I able to relax? Also no"

Same art as previous slide but caption reads "but was I kind to myself about it? Nope"

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Picked up 3d sculpting. I got no clue what I am doing but it’s fun so far. I tried my hand at a Shamisen. Gonna test print it soon. #3dmodeling #digitalart #3dsculpting #shamisen #japan #art #learning #wip #hobby

Digital sculpt of a Japanese’s shamisen made in nomad sculpt.

Work in progress of a digital sculpt of a Japanese’s shamisen made in nomad sculpt.

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mondayzc @mondayzc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

digital painting study from like ~15 seconds of the RHPC movie i did last year RIP Tim Curry what a guy

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laney @saltmalk.in · 26/08/2026

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Artfight revenge on @dettanarts.bsky.social !! Lady Inez, The Unicorn Knight

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Cristian @cristianpintos.com · 30/06/2026

Hundred years of Solitude II #art #drawing #illustration

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Ur👁️czne | Team Comedy 🎪 @uroczne.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My second attack for @saint-end.bsky.social 's oc Luka I peaked with this one, I won artfight or sth, idk, my new magnum opus #art #artsky #artfight #artfight2026 #teamcomedy

Illustration showing a pale blond elf with his eyes closed. On his right hand there rests a small blue moth. Luka's hair are flowing around the whole piece. In the background there's a small sun like motif in bright red and 3 different mint moths that seem to fly towards that sun behind the elf. On the left there's written: "Artfight #2 for Saint-end"

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🍁🎃Eski🎃🍁 @eskiworks.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This one's for @howlitzer.art, a belated pride commission that turned into a more complex piece than anticipated. I really like the final result though! #Art #FurryArt

Digital nude full body painting of a black anthro canine with long hair and gold cracked accents all over her body. She is rising into the air joyously with energy-like scarves streaming off her arms in trans and non-binary pride colors.

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 05/07/2026

possum party

sister dot, melvin, and ser mingus getting shitty on monastery wite

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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 11/06/2026

it is an actual crime that I haven't drawn anything new for these two in years

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The Amanda Lee Mystery House @amandalee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

some guys from the old monster manual

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hiimeyu ✧ @hiimeyu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Tried to play around with lighting and this is the result ;w; I especially love the golden moon!! And of course who but my girl Charline would be the perfect subject for such a little study hahah 😭💕 [ #artsky #oc #ocsky #dnd #ttrpg ]

Charline the pink tiefling in a purple dress and a dark purple cloudy sky, framed by Irises and with a golden Moon behind her.

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bunny ✤ @oakfrogs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

happy pride month ! let's all protect eachother ⚔︎

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✶ inoa @inoaart.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

#commission | another beautiful cm i got to do for a character i designed! 'w' im so so happy! <3 [ #art #ocsky #ocart #digitalart ]

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Yo yo yo. Someone got a big set of paint pens 😎 idk who? Anyways had to put them to the test they are ok. Reference is a wall somewhere. #paintpens #drawing #green #sketch #Acrylicpaintpens #markers #art #artwork #moss

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Leaping Hare in the starry night. Another fantastical beast to add to my collection. Done with acrylic paint pens. #art #drawing #painting #artwork #rabbit #hare #animal #fantasy #beast #colorful #artist

Bright orange 🍊 hare jumping in a blue and purple landscape. The edges are a folk art style boarder.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Why do doodles seem to come out so nice. While really important pieces are so hard to do…life’s artistic mysteries. Done w/ paint pens and lots of finger blending. #art #doodle #landscape #wip #acrylic #markers #artwork #nature

A scenic landscape of a sprawling grass land intersected by a small river. The horizon is illuminated by a yellow and pink sunset.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Got this back from a local art show! No one bought it, yet I’m happy😏 no one took it. Drew the sketch years ago! So happy with the results. Colors well outside of my comfort zone. #art #artist #fantasy #painting #watercolor #artshow #dog #artwork #flowers #creatue

Title: Kiki (chrysanthemum) gauche and watercolor on paper. Feb 2025
Colorful “dog” with a chrysanthemum on its head tail and a small earring. The “dog” has a decorative “fern” pattern across its body. The “dog” has a bright color scheme of orange red, yellow ochre, cerulean blue, lemon yellow and mint green popping out from a flat deep hunter green background.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I have been experimenting ✏️ I took a pencil sketch, digitally colored it; then printed it out to draw on top with #coloredpencil I suck at coloring and digital, this middle ground process is more my speed. #art #drawing #digtalart #artwork #figuredrawing #pencil #mixedmedia #smoke

Reclining woman holding a lite match with a trail of smoke that floats up and mixes with her hair which is made of smoke. The figure is colored in warm yellows, oranges and reds. The background is an organic floral carpet (in dark red and light green)

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I battle digital art, I am to stupid. I want to be a clean artist but that’s not me. 😆 New method leave my sketches and layered paper textures! Is it working? Random #Wip #drawing #digitalart #art #pratice #sketches #artwork #ibispaint #digital

Angel based of a guardian, angel illustration. Colored with bright yellow, soft sky blue and dark indigo

Head shot of a angle eared character done in colors of green

A reclining women with hair made of smoke. Done in colored of red orange and yellow. Based of High Pulp by Mutual Attraction album art.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I finally feel up to sketching again. 😭 it’s nice to just practice. Images from Line of Action! I need to do this more often. I haven’t for years #sketches #doodles #figurestudy #lineofaction #pencil #practice #figures #rough

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

The focal point glower look Ugly (darker) and the second flower looks Clean (lighter) They don’t match at all now! WHY?😭 #fail #art #watercolor #gauche #painting #artfail #rant

Orange red chrysanthemum on a blue and green back ground

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Drawing “Untitled” After- Ana Mendieta. Was inspired to draw one of my favorite earth work artist of the #1970s. A very unrefined work. Medium: #acrylicmarkers, #coloredpencils, #markers. #photography #earthwork #inspired #artwork #art #macabre #drawing #copy #painting #artist

Drawing “Untitled” After- Ana Mendieta. A mixed media drawing of a woman’s body covered in white flowers with long green stems. The figure lays in a recessed rock hole implying a tomb or burial.

Same drawing but a close up picture of the figures feet.

Original work “Untitled” by Ana Mendieta (Flowers on Body) 1973.
Photograph from Mendieta’s series of earth-works focus around the artist body and nature. The photo is of a woman body covered in flowers in a recessed stone hole.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

#Doodle of a resting deer. Inspired by Christina Bothwell gorgeous sculpture. Im limited w/ paint #markers but it’s helping 😆 gotta get creative without blending. #art #drawing #acrylicpaint #artwork #deer #fantasy

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

More marker drawings! Does this anatomically make sense …no but odd canines can look however I want 😆 The colors pallet was based on vibes. I like the pencil sketches face more 😮‍💨 #drawing #art #canine #creature #fantasy #sun&moon #marker #artwork #dog #illustration

Jumping/leaping canine creature with a sun and moon motif. Drawn with a mixed color pallets of sunset and twilight.

Pencil sketch of jumping/leaping canine creature with a sun and moon motif.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

No stupid artist would finish a gift and not take a pic of the finished product. 😢 oh wait it’s me not a hypothetical? 😭 Erté style #Aquarius fashion plates. I ended up poorly inking these and cut them out. #art #sketches #watercolor #coloredpencil #fashion #illustration #artwork #wip #mermaid

Set of three Aquarius themes women. Two colorful mermaids and cupbearer dressed in blue in the middle.

Work in progress of three Aquarius themes women.

Bunch of fashion doodles based on erte fashion illustration.

Bunch of fashion doodles of erte fashion illustration.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I am into the hype w/ new paint markers. Gotta say they are rad! Better than my 10 yrs old set 😆 I am now coloring old drawings to practice. #deer #faun #fantasy #drawing #art #cute #markers #acrylicmakers #creature #aodrable #artwork

Colorful prancing deer. Colored with acrylic paint markers in bright blues, teals and greens.

Pencil drawing of a little prancing deer.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Regrettably I took only 1 drawing class in college. I loved every second and it improved my skills immensely. Sadly the skull (our final) was stolen. I hope the thief has it hung on their walls. #drawing #stilllife #charcoal #artwork #college #art #traditionalart #studies #creative #charcoalart

A still life of a cows skull propped on a brick. This was the part one of our final project so it’s my best work.

A combo project of a hand turning into a pair of garden shears.

Still life drawing of an old fashion coffee pot a box and a bottle. This was part two of the final project so it shows the most improvement.

A charcoal still life drawing of a cup on a book and two back ground objects. This was the second big charcoal drawing of the class.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

My blitz gifts this year was tiny stain glass earrings. I made a more complex set in June (last pic) The simpler method is resin color blocking. 3d pla Printed on #Thingiverse #earrings #stainglass #art #earringart #3dprinting #plapritning #diy #diycraft #crafting #miniature #gifts #gothic #artwork

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Seemly Ialways kill it when I do art as a gifts. Did this years ago now and I could do better with an extended time line but man procrastination is my cope. #kermit #jimhenson #muppet #frog #portrait #pencil #charcoal #art #drawing #artwork #green #artist

Pencil drawn portrait of Jim Henson and his creation Kermit the frog. With a green pastel background.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

#ShrinkyDinks anyone? Things shrink weird so I did retouch and sealed the whole thing in resin. Highly recommend shrinkable plastics for the random gifts on a deadline (took an afternoon). #kermit #earrings #handmade #itsnoteasybeinggreen #shrinkableplastic #jimhenson #muppets #art #drawing #marker

Post shrinked frogs (before touch up and resin)

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#WIP for a painting. The figure is based on a fountain statue. I actually thumbnailed the colors and background (🥲😝). I do have to fix the tangent of bow and background. #art #artwip #coloredpencil #greekmyth #fantasyart #fantasy #drawing #sketches #figuredrawing

Thumbnail sketch done in color pencil of a blue-purple skin woman. She’s holding up a bow like she just loosed an arrow.

Pencil drawing of a women holding a bow like she just loosed an arrow. She stands on a small ball in background of greenery.

Thumbnail sketch done in color pencil testing the color combos.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#smaugust #artdump all my sketches of this seasons dragon doodles. I do plan on coloring them in the “future”And painting the big one. #art #sketches #drawing #dragon #fantasy #creature #doodles #beast #artwork

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

What are cute wee picture frames for? Oh yes there for small macabre drawings. The og was cute 90s ducks and puppies 😏 #drawing #stilllife #charcoal #macabre #hand #apple #art #artwork #tinyframe #charcoaldrawing

Miniature charcoal drawing of a severed hand holding an apple.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Erté style sketches. I’m painting a set of three. I colored them just for fun (main piece is gonna be pink and purple). Art deco fashion is never out of fashion. #art #sketches #drawing #Erté #artdeco #fashion #thumbnails #artstudies #Aquarius

Sketch page full of Erté style fashion figures.

Two pencil sketches for the final paintings. One is a mermaid and the other is a women in a toga.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

To act like a real artist I am doing “studies” for my next endeavor. These are traces of photos to first learn my subject. 😂 then it’s doing them free hand, then thumbnails and finally color. #sketch #pencil #tracing #artstudies #art #drawing

Drawing of 8 faces, traced from photographs of the same old man.

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Merlin @riddlers-arts.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Hey, I’m a stupid wee artist doing the internet. Here’s my doodle of a raccoon. The og is from a 100 yrs old encyclopedia. Somethings never change 😉. #drawing #art #raccoon #silly #trashpanda

Drawing of a raccoon holding and pencil. Text read trash goblin p.1760

Etching of a raccoon from an old encyclopedia. Text read Raccoon, p.1760

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