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Made some #artfright art using "mist" and "grim reaper" - I was going to use a palette as well, but I've been practicing Sumi-e art so sticking mostly to black and white was better for me. Idk if I really captured the style, but I'm still happy with the finished product! #artfight #digitalart

A list of prompt subjects for the Artfight October minigame, Artfright. You may draw any thing using as many prompts as you like - or use the color palette prompt as well or instead.

A grim reaper walking amongst a misty landscape carrying a nearly empty hourglass and a scythe; in his eye glimmers a whole night sky complete with a cloudy moon. The style is a digital painting meant to mimic Japanese watercolor inks - sumi-e.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Here we have more #ArtFight attacks: instagram's @thevelcrolab 's Death and their Dog! And my friend ThereforeDragons' Sula and Imogen! And also DeviantArt/Tumblr's WandererFromNowhere 's adorable couple, Rusty and Mort! And finally, @zanarkandsky.bsky.social 's Vellichor! #digitalart #chibi

Character design by TheVelcroLab: Death and their service dog done in chibi. This piece is POV: You Are Dead; Death is taking you in an elevator to the underworld, which, of course, has an all accessibility entrance.

Sula, the artificer up front, and Imogen, the delightful rogue in back, done in chibi, are D&D characters of my friend ThereforeDragons, who regularly re-designs them to fit her campaigns. Normally they're in less sci-fi circumstances... but they certainly could be, and I thought, even though I'm not great at drawing machinery, it would be fun to put them on a bike.

Roobal's Rusty, the rat man held aloft, and Mort, the shadow entity, done in chibi. They're an adorable couple.

Zanarkandsky's Vellichor, done in chibi. Doing the ombres was a lot of fun, as was adding the texture to her hair.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I don't know that much about #EldenRing but I do know the Let Me Solo Her meme. When looking at #ArtFight PhasmoPhantom's Elden Ring character Cyd, I asked a friend what boss is scariest, and he recommended Malenia, so it seemed obvious what I had to do for my attack - stabby. #Chibi #Digitalart

Elden Ring's Malenia performing her signature killing blow to a PC with Let Me Solo Her in the background yelling reprimands, drawn in chibi.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's post #ArtFight so I'm gonna try to post at least some of my attacks. Here's Veirlith and Zirovi by @ennzero.bsky.social - their characters have such intricate and beautiful designs! This piece probably took me the longest. Just two gay dragons enjoying their hobbies together. #chibi #digitalart

Two chibi humanoid figures, both dragons in human form; one, white with a blue flame and space motif, is drawing a flower which the other, black with a sun motif, is gently nurturing. They sit in a field of pale green and tall golden grasses.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We're playing Animon Story with the kids - a Digimon like #ttrpg - and I've been drawing my son's (8) Animon. Here's his original drawing, my interpretation, and the three earlier stages. (There's one more final stage but I haven't gotten to it yet.)

A child's drawing of a humanoid Digimon like creature covered in spikes with a flaming sword drawn in marker on paper.

A humanoid Digimon like creature with a head and back covered in spines holding a serrated flaming sword, ready to strike. Pencil on paper.

I had a lot of fun trying to understand what my son wanted with his drawing (he did draw the other four, but I don't have pictures of those drawings). It's delightful when you add your own interpretation and the kid in question lights up because they feel understood. My kid may have put spikes everywhere on his picture, but what I understood after asking him to tell me about his picture is that he wanted a LOT of spikes, not necessarily for every inch to be covered (which is great because that's impractical lol) so I went for a tough, well-defended look and that made him pretty happy. It made me happy too, because that was a lot of spikes to draw 😅

Three humanoid Digimon like creatures with large hands and swords; the largest bottom creature has a sword that is on fire and a sword that is electrified.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I've started drawing again. I should really post some of the stuff I've been working on. It's not a ton, but it's something, again. Idk though I'm really busy playing Date Everything.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

#drawtober days 16-20 and 21-25: enchanted princess and troll toll I didn't consistently draw every day. Got all the drawings done. Real fricken hard to both come up with ideas and motivation to draw when you're "everything is bad in the world at large and my personal life" depressed but here I am

Ensorcelled princess page. My favorite one is the moth princess. We also got a half-hearted crystal princess, a princess turned to stone, one is trapped in a book, and one would look a lot cooler if I put real effort into it. Maybe I will later. Gotta have all these glowing runes on her that are extending out with their enchantments wrapping into bindings.

Troll toll. Got a troll paying the sunlight toll for trolls turning to stone, one begging for food at the table, a troll toll coin, and two different demanding trolls idk I got pretty bad in the "I would rather die than think of ideas" phase of things here. I like drawing trolls and goblins though, you get to really exaggerate their features and I love that.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Whelp, due to travel, I fell behind on #drawtober and due to Life catching up had been challenging. (Can you tell how things are going that I'm finding drawings this simple difficult?) But here's days 12-15: Mushroom Fairy. 🎵 One of these things is not like the others 🎶

A low detail inky cap mushroom fairy witch

A fairy wearing a mushroom hoodie-poncho-thing

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

#drawtober day 11-15 (1): mushroom fairy I'm pretty excited for this prompt. I love mushrooms and fairies. I'm still abroad so I'm still drawing in my journal.

A lil mushroom with butterfly wings.

Text? Nothing to do with the picture, you nosy. I'm just complaining that when I went to get new shoes, for some reason, sizes smaller than my usually already small size were what fit. Sure, it means that they actually had my size this way, but whyyy did such a small child's size fit me? What is happening?? I blame the mushroom fairy.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

#drawtober day 6-10 (10): Toad Astrologer I'm traveling so I drew in my journal today

A toad or possibly frog wearing a silly long pointed hat riding a star
You don't get most the text because that's my journal, you shouldn't be reading it, nosy! (Lol JK I made sure not to capture personal stuff, it's just me explaining to my future self why I drew that.) Text: whoosh

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

#drawtober day 6-10 (8): toad astrologer Idk astral toad is basically the same thing right? He probably went up there to get a better look at the stars and then realized his folly.

A toad sitting on a celestial crescent surrounded by stars and looking rather uncomfortable. Text: help tho

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#drawtober day 6-10 (7): toad astrologer Why did he set up the telescope so high

A toad on his tiptoes looking through a telescope with a silly long cap

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#Drawtober Day 6-10 (1): Todd Astrologer Just drawin' a jolly fat sparkle boi. Looking forward to four more days of it.

A round toad with a star patterned wizard hat sitting upon a star chart. Text: 10/6 Drawtober Day 6
Frogs cannot read

This is a toad, not a frog. Can he read? More on this story tomorrow. Maybe.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

#drawtober Day 1-5 (5): Candlelit Messenger Turns out I've been off a day this whole time because we started on the second. I have no idea what day it is ever I guess. This one is traditionally drawn because of other ADHD/technology related reasons and also I should draw in sketchbooks more anyway.

A lil candle dude yelling about an edict he's holding. Or maybe he's yelling about being on fire.
Text: 10/5 Drawtober Day 5

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

#drawtober day 1-5 (3): Candlelit Messenger If it looks like I put less effort than usual into my already low-effort I-don't-have-time-to-draw offerings so far, it's because it's a bad brain day. Really didn't feel like drawing. But I did anyway. yahoo or whatever. Read the alts.

Someone who clearly doesn't know how to draw a bird drew a bird messenger flying through idk a candlelit path outside a building. I don't know what this is I just made it so that existential nihilism didn't win today. Text: Drawtober Day 3 drawing even though I didn't feel like it

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#drawtober day 1-5 (2): Candlelit Messenger Yesterday I tried to lay down strong lines with no sketching. Today I just sketched while limiting how much I used the eraser. I think I did a little better with my hatching this time. Last time the hooded figure was the messenger. This time the wall is.

A hooded figure reads a message by candlelight on a scarred wall. Text: Drawtober Day 2

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#drawtober Day 1-5: Candlelit Messenger I don't have a lot of time to draw, so I'm keeping it simple. Also Spoopy month seems like a good time to mess around with hatching, a style of shading with which I'm not very familiar.

A messy sketch of a hooded figure holding a candle. Text: Drawtober 2025 day 1 "Candlelit Messenger"

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

After #Artfight I decided to do an art trade on the discord. Got some sweet art of my Death and made some art of his Mila. Check him out on instagram @bogtwarog

A tall, gaunt woman staring off into the night while a tv shines into the dark room, her own face and body illuminated by her phone. Done in the style of Chibi. Character concept and design by @bogtwarog

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Hey if you're going to do #artfight and you like my art, here's my profile: artfight.net/~rii I try to hit all my followers and I revenge all my attacks. Regardless, I hope you all have a great July!

artfight.net

Art Fight

An art gifting game

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I like how I struggled to draw due to over a year of unemployment in my family and the resulting anxiety and depression but NOW I struggle to draw because I got a job (that doesn't pay nearly enough to support my family) and I don't have a lot of spare time anymore. Super cool world we live in.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I was going through some old art and found this poster I drew for my dad, who is a knife dealer. I'd list what knives they are, but it was long ago enough I don't remember. Graphite on posterboard. (This art is a little painful for me to look at, but I'm still very proud of the artistry.) #art

Six switchblade knives arranged in a loose semicircle; one has a dark blade and two are Damascus steel. Graphite pencil on posterboard.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

There is so, so much crap to address in the US right now and I'm managing any of it with @5calls.org; It could help you too, especially if you're like me and phone calls trigger your anxiety: 5calls.org

5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

What if I don't want to save the daylight?

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Did a little Artfight minigame. Here's what I drew - Toyhouse and Artfight user Beelu's Nyoka (with some watermarks at their request ^_^) I always enjoy drawing a chibi where I can cut loose on fine details. #art #chibi #artfight

A chibi drawing of a POC queen with facial markings and fantastic long, white-furred ears sitting upon an invisible seat; this character belongs to Toyhouse and Artfight user Beelu.

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Good morning. I mean, technically, Doomed Morning Under A Sky Of Roiling Blood, but look it's a rhetorical thing.

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Laura McGarrity @a-warm-garlic-yurt.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Posting my embroidery so people can find me... 🐯 #embroidery #handembroidery

Hand embroidery of a tiger swimming amongst green weeds represented with French knots

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Richard @ R. Rook 🔜 Sleep @rrookstudio.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Sorry I haven't been posting much art lately, I've been spending all my time keeping my screams internal.

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chii @chiikaboom.net · 06/02/2025

im sure i will not regret my decision to start watching Black Mirror in the year 2025

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

@deliciousjames.bsky.social I recently drew a bunch of pokemon from memory but here's some of my favorites and also my apology to beedrill for remembering it so badly. Behold. My portfolio for your thumbnail call.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I've decided I want to try to develop a new art style. Hopefully by going into the style of stained glass, which I've always loved, it'll help me come back with fresh eyes on my "normal" or "default" style and help me improve it.

A peacock drawn in the style of a stained glass window. The lineart is heavy. The peacock sits with its tail unfurled in front of a cloudy, moonlit sky shining on the garden in which the peacock sits.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I was remembering that Art Fight is a thing and it's only half a year away! Here's some of my favorites I did from last year while on #teamstardust @RainbowFish.art (insta)'s Castiel Delray @sleepymimimim (X)'s Lumin NalakBel's Malebranche Oozerloser's Squid I can't wait for July.

BE NOT AFRAID
An aasimar entity with outspread arms and wings and a smaller set of wings covering his face. They are emitting beams of light and bear a halo.

Contemplating the Impermanent
A princess made of dripping candle wax with a few lit wicks is gazing at a lit match and the bubble of wax fallen to her other hand.

Stand and Deliver and Die
A spooky haunted knight in dull brass armor with a thorn motif is brandishing a long sword in an aggressive pose.

The Sweetest Treats Are Stolen
A lil blue lass with teensy horns and red eyes is excitedly flapping her wings while holding up a piece of candy.

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Elise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Almost lost to burnout this year. Next year I’m going in swinging

Panel 1: I may be scared of 2025.
A person clenches a ruined comic in their hands with tears streaming down their cheeks.

Panel 2: But 2025 should be scared of me too.
Same person looks determinedly into the camera, preparing to draw anyway.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Aaand I did it. The original 151 pokemon from memory before the year is out, with bonus pre-evolutions and evolutions (before I had to have a crunch time) and now a bonus missingno. (Which I drew backwards, lol. I hope you've enjoyed this silly little endeavor! I feel like I learned a fair amount.

Dratini, dragonair, and dragonite drawn from memory. I couldn't remember if dratini also has an orb at its throat or not. I kinda felt like it did but I just couldn't remember so I left it.
There's always the temptation to alter these guys, and take up the theory that magicarp was supposed to evolve into dragonite and dragonair, gyarados. But idk, with how feisty and angry gyardos is, I'd prefer dragonair to become the round, friendly, happy dragonite, even ifthat means losing the sleek design.

Mew and Mewtwo from memory. Idk it just seemed like Mew really, really needed a cookie.

Missingno drawn from memory. I know it's actually lines of glitched data piled on each other but this is still ultimately the impression we have of it, right? I drew it backwards because I always remember it as Utah-shaped and... that's actually mirrored from its real shape. Whoops. I'm... probably not going to manage to fix that error in my memory. It's too strong an association. I'll think, "Now, wasn't there something about it being shaped like Utah? Oh, that it WAS shaped like it!" and I won't manage to get the "backwards" in there.
Whatever, it's the vibe of looking at a monolith of "not supposed to exist" that really counts, imo.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Oops forgot to make jpegs again. Here's the other two fossil pokemon sets along with some more pokemon from memory. More in alts.

Omanyte and omastar from memory. I always had a really hard time picking between the helix and the claw fossil...but I usually went with helix.

Kabuto and kabutops from memory. Because I usually went with the helix fossil, I'm less familiar with kabutops. At this point I think this set appeals to me more so it kind of surprises me I usually went helix as a kid.

Snorlax from memory. What a snuggly guy.

Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres from memory. I was trying to make Articuno sleek and elegant but it turned out kinda lanky instead. I'll have to give it another go sometime, maybe... but I never have been good at drawing birds. I think Moltres turned out the best.
I should've made Zapdos' wings way sharper spikes, too, now that I think of it.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Next batch of pokemon from memory. My memory of porygon keeps shifting under my scrutiny, making it really hard to figure out how to pin down lines. I would've liked to do all the eeveelutions and porygon's but you know, time constraints from the keyboard incident.

Ditto from memory. Hit this one and went "oh thank goodness an easy one." I could've made ditto a little fancier with shine marks and whatnot but it was a blessed reprieve from most of the single stage detail intensive creatures I had been and would need to draw so I grabbed at that.

Eevee, vaporeon, jolteon, and flareon drawn from memory. Eevee was my favorite pokemon for a long, long time. I still adore Eevee. So drawing it from memory was pretty easy. Vaporeon was my favorite eeveelution until Sylveon. Honestly this vaporeon looks crappy more because of the hastiness in which it was drawn than anything else imo.

Porygon drawn from memory. It's rough to almost remember something. It feels like I have a clear memory of it but then I go to draw what I remember and it shifts or fades away.

Aerodactyl drawn from memory. I couldn't remember if it had a little tail or not. I know it's head isn't shaped quite right but y'know, rushing.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

More pokemon from memory. The same problem I had with Ponyta in not being able to draw horses? Applies to bulls and Tauros as well.

Pincer drawn from memory. I guess the features I remember best are most exaggerated here.

Tauros drawn from memory. Yeah, I can't draw that animal shape.

Magicarp and Gyarados drawn from memory. I think maybe Gyarados' head might have been a little more crown like?

Lapras drawn from memory. I always loved lapras. I was one of the people who, on reading it was endangered, bred and released Lapras. I didn't do a ton because with my little ADHD brain, my kid self only had so much patience for it, but it's nice to hear other people did it too and Nintendo has said Lapras isn't endangered anymore.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

More pokemon from memory. These were all harder ones. I once saw someone do Jynx as more of a banshee like spirit and I really liked that. I didn't wanna stray too far from its original design for this, but in the future, I'm gonna be leaning into that cuz it's a good way to move away from... well.

Scyther drawn from memory. This was my favorite bug pokemon until Volcarona.

A modified Jynx from memory. I know Jynx has round white eyes with tiny pupils and a rounder stature. But I did wanna draw her more like a creepy spirit.
The one tricky thing of making Jynx into more of a banshee is that she's psychic-ice. I could retype her as a ghost ice, but there's already Froslass that is ghost-ice and a redesign of Jynx more into that territory would really start to step on Froslass' toes. Maybe I could go more for a creepy witch-spirit rather than a banshee kinda thing. Like, the frozen entity in the highest icicle like mountain that is wont to cast a hex on you but you're going to see her because you're desperate, that could still make sense as a psychic-type while still allowing me to re-imagine Jynx with less blackface undertones.
I'm gonna end up playing a lot with those fat lips trying to make them look like a lamprey and not like a racist depiction. Time will tell if I will succeed or just give up and get rid of them. I am going to not do the hour glass shape and do more of a bell shape in the future, though. It's more true to original Jynx and not erasing of that body shape. In this case, I was trying to make her tall and leering, but because I was also trying to go fast, I'm not super pleased how it turned out.
I'm really hoping the tone I chose comes off as shadowy and not like, an actual skin tone. That was the goal.

Electabuzz from memory. I gotta be honest I don't really remember electabuzz. He's got the weird knobby ears and I really hope he has a knobby Marill like tail cuz that's what I gave him.

Poor Magmar. Drawn from memory, I mostly only remember the flame design on the body and what everyone knows Magmar for: that they did it dirty with making it a literal butthead.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

More pokemon from memory. I obviously don't remember Kingdra very well. The main thing I remember about Kingdra is it humbling me in Pokemon Crystal when I had been wiping everything out with my Typhlosion main no problem, and it whipped out some massive water move that practically one shot me 🫠

Horsea, Seadra, and Kingdra by memory. What you have to understand about how I played Pokemon back in the day is that if my main ever fainted, or any other pokemon I was proud of, I just shut the game off and restarted from the last save. I liked to brag that my main had never fainted. Which. In my little mind was true if it wasn't in the data. I'd stopped saving before gym leaders because I had been able to destroy them, so I lost a lot of progress when that stupid Kingdra washed away my Typhlosion TT_TT

Goldeen and Seaking from memory. I guess I needed to give Goldeen more sultry eyes.

Staryu and Starmie by memory. You can tell I didn't put my best effort into it because they're just geometric shapes and the way I drew them kinda sucks.

Mr. Mime from memory.
This one was hard for me because I try not to think about Mr. Mime so he's not in my memory super well.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

More pokemon from memory. Tangela was fun to draw, just a green spaghetti. I mostly only remembered Ryhorn's head shape.

Ryhorn and Rydon from memory. I. Don't really remember them. So there you go.

Chansey from memory. I never did manage to catch one of these in Pokemon Red.
I know it has Hapiny and...geez, what is it, Blissey? that are its evolution family, but with the time I lost from my broken keyboard, I skipped 'em.

Tangela and Tangrowth from memory. I think Tangrowth is a pretty freaking unnecessary evolution, but it was pretty easy to draw so.

Kangeskhan from memory. I loved this pokemon as a kid. Struggled to catch one in Red, too. I couldn't remember if it had a brown color scheme or a blue-gray one so I made the baby blue-gray. I think my difficulty remembering the color has to do with the fact that Red had a really limited color palette and what color it was in that game (it would have had to have been a cold gray) is interfering with my memory of what color modern games make it, since I don't get to see Kangeskhan very often.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I had a small oops in my pokemon from memory. I straight up skipped Seal and Dewgong, and I did Onyx but never made a Jpeg so accidentally skipped posting it. Whoops. (Yeah, I know I was lazy on the Steelix. I really didn't feel like drawing it.) More in alts.

Onyx drawn from memory and the suggestion of a steelix thrown on there because the decision to keep lines consistent was a questionable one given all the extra work it's giving me and I'm questioning my sanity over it. Anyway Onxy. It's a rock snake. You really just gotta remember the head shape and then you're golden.

Lickitung from memory. I know this isn't right but I just can't figure out what I did wrong. I'm not gonna look it up though. I'm too busy drawing other pokemon.

Koffing and Wheezing drawn from memory. That "watery brush" paint tool I have used for Gastley and now these guys sure is the perfect shape for their emissions.
...dang it, I just realized, I think actually the second head on Wheezing is actually a nodule of the main body, isn't it? Oh well.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

More pokemon from memory. I didn't really wanna draw hitmontop but it felt weird to draw tyrogue and not him. You'd think voltorb and electrode would be easy but circles can be surprisingly hard to draw. I had a lot of fun with eggsecute. More in alts.

Voltorb and Electrode from memory. In hindsight I could have just used the circle draw tool but idk I do like to take the time to practice drawing circles by hand. (I also could have just turned the stabilization up but oh well.) People make fun of this design as dumb but they're just the pokemon version of mimics so it's fine.
Now that I look back, I think maybe stress marks WERE part of the design and I did indeed forget them. I mean I thought about but couldn't remember if they actually had 'em or I was just thinking about their temperament.

Eggsecute and eggsecutor by memory. I did just have a lot of fun doing those faces. I was really happy with my first egg shape, that top left one. Unfortunately it got covered up by the other eggs, haha.

Cubone and Marrowak from memory. Marrowak doesn't have its bone because it's snuggling its cub instead.
Yeah, there's always the question of, "but wait, if Cubone wears the skull of its mother, how can it be hugging her?" Well maybe this is Cubone's dad, I don't know. Gamefreak/The Pokemon Company is the one who designed an entire pokemon based on the idea of one single cub's tragedy, not me.

Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, and Tyrogue from memory. My favorite was always Hitmonlee and his creepy eyes and Roly Poly Ollie arms and legs. Tyrogue back there couldn't keep up with the other's training.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

More pokemon from memory. Would you believe it, my tablet's keyboard broke about a week ago, new one just got here yesterday. Let's see if I can still get through all 151 before the end of the year! o_O I tried doing two different versions of Gastley. More in alts.

Shelder and Cloyster drawn from memory. I feel like I remember Shelder well. I feel like I can mostly picture Cloyster in my mind but it's not stable enough to do a better drawing without a reference.

Gastley, Haunter, and Gengar from memory. I love this line. I wanted to play around with Gastley's design. I am pretty sure the official design has the orb surrounded by gas with the eyes on top of the gas, but given the simple design, and my own confidence in my memory of Gastley, I let my attention divert to playing around with the design.
I know some people make these ghosts out to be extremely scary and that's pretty cool. But I also really like the mildly mischievous versions because I'd love to just hang out with them and enjoy their company ^_^

Drowsee and Hypno from memory. My only real goal was to make them look like the shifty ass mfs they are.

Krabby and Kingler from memory. Idk they're spiky crabs. I never loved Krabby much because as a kid it felt like it took forever to evolve! But then most pokemon I didn't love felt like they took forever to evolve.

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

ME: do your best TORTURER: don’t you mean “do your worst” ME: no I believe in you

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I drew some #art of my friend's #DnD character for their Christmas present (and they're not on bluesky so I can post it now, he he he). She's a fun teifling bard, very upbeat, very cheerful.

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Rii @riithewordsmith.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

More pokemon from memory. Did I mostly just copy-paste the magnemite for magneton? Yes, these are not maximum effort drawings. I know grimer and muk are usually much lighter but I was already vibing with the vibrant colors I chose so these ones are just more radioactive than usual.

Magnemite, Magneton, and Magnezone drawn from memory.
All I can really say about these guys is they're not my favorite pokemon, but I did try hard to draw them correctly.

I don't know how duck like the actual Farfetch'd is, but I do know that its origins come from the Japanese phrase that goes something like, "that's as unlikely as a duck with a leek" (because duck and leek are a solid pairing in a lot of Japanese cuisine). So that filled in the holes where my memory failed. Idk what kind of feet Farfetch'd had but probably webbed?
I did not draw Sirfetch'd because he evolves from Galarian Farfetch'd and I'm not doing regional variants right now. Also, more importantly, I didn't want to.

Doduo and Dodrio drawn from memory. They're fast stabby birds the triathletes have. I wonder if the triatheletes have them because they're fast or because they have "tri" in the name in common. (What I really wonder, because it's obviously both, is if the triatheletes are only triatheletes instead of regular runners is because the "tri" in "dotrio" made them think, "triatheletes". Nah, it's probably a coincidence. The triatheletes are well known for being useful in that they could appear on bike paths and water.)

Grimer and Muk drawn from memory.
These also aren't my favorite pokemon, but that doesn't mean I can't go to the effort to enjoy drawing them with bright sheens and vibrant colors - two things I really like to use in art.

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