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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The last one in this set, a commission from a few weeks ago with a "4" theme. The variety of colors ended up helping this one, I think.

A woman with green hair, yellow eyes, and pointed, elven ears wearing a white dress with black frills stands with arms crossed, resting them against a large multicolored crystal in the shape of the number 4. One of her hands is raised, holding up four fingers.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Third yearly commission from this set, from last year. I wish I'd drawn the window in the back at more of an angle in retrospect, but it was a fun backdrop to work with.

A girl with very long green hair, yellow eyes, and pointed elven ears wearing a red kimono with a pink floral pattern sits at a table, trimming a bonsai tree. It has been trimmed into a "3" shape, with trimmings littering the table around it and a book open to its side. Sunlight and a cherry blossom tree are visible through a window in the back, illuminating the scene.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Older commission, with a "2" theme to celebrate the second yearly drawing of her.

A girl with very long green hair and yellow eyes sits supporting herself with her right hand, and her left raised. Above her left hand float a series of blue crystals, arranged to form the number "2". She is wearing a white dress with black frills, looking towards the viewer.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Commission from a while back - now the first in a series of four I've drawn yearly, which I'll get to posting soon.

Drawing of a girl with long green hair and yellow eyes, wearing a white dress with black frills beneath the hem of the dress and around the neck. She is leaning back with knees raised to her chest, with her left hand on her right shoulder and a single finger raised.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

A lot of the effects animations I'm making are really simple, but they're always still satisfying to see in motion

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Christmas-themed commission from a little while ago. Pretty simple backdrop, but I had some fun with the golden bits on the sleigh.

Two girls sit in a red sleigh with gold adornments, gifts stowed in the back, on a snowy night. One with white hair and pink highlights on the left, wearing a thick red dress with fuzzy white trim. The girl on the right wears a beige sweater and red skirt, with blonde hair. They both wear red boots and an antler hairband.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Commission of some portrait drawings of a dragon girl, drawn in two slightly different poses to accommodate different cropping options. Pretty straightforward, but I liked the way the scales turned out.

A girl with green hair and red eyes stands with her back to the viewer. Wearing nothing, we can see her body is covered in golden scales in a dress-like pattern, her hand clawed with similar scales reaching covering most of her arm. Above the scales on her upper back is a large golden sun-like symbol.

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Azure @azureresonant.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

This week we're re-familiarizing ourselves with the scrolling rail setup, and testing transitions between layouts. Amber also has new animations for air dashing here - soon I'll update her jump and elemental forms too. #GameMaker #pixelart #indiegame #platformer #indie #screenshotsaturday

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Commission for a friend of a couple OCs dressed as Blue Protocol classes, Frost Mage on the left and Stormblade on the right.

Two characters standing side by side. The boy on the left is dressed as a frost mage from the game Blue Protocol, wearing a witch hat and dress with an off-shoulder design, and a large staff in one hand. The other hand is raised to the brim of the hat, and he stands on one foot with a leg raised. The girl on the right is dressed as a stormblade, in military-esque attire weilding a large single-edged blade in her right hand, holding it in a reverse grip towards the viewer. The weapon's sheathe is held in her left hand behind her back, a split cape flowing dramatically behind her.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Commission of a custom build from Gundam Breaker 4. The pilot is an original character, and I added some additional details to the Gundam itself pulled from various model kits and concept art for the parts used.

A Gundam - a large, humanoid mech - stands in the middle of a largely-ruined city street. Colored red and white with gold highlights, it holds a a gun-like weapon in its right hand and sports a long mechanical jet and wings attachment on its back. Its stance is largely neutral, left hand raised and extended towards the viewer, glowing with green energy. The pilot is drawn in the foreground, a girl with a white hair and blue-green eyes, wearing a black cap with black serafuku and large, white coat. Her pose mimics that of the Gundam, with one hand raised towards the viewer and a serious expression on her face.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Recent commission, with a background assembled from other commissioned art I've done for the same person. Felt like a fun way to reuse a couple emotes and a larger piece I had done earlier.

Drawing of a boy with black hair and glasses, smiling and winking towards the viewer with a swirling pattern in the visible eye. His hands are raised in front of his face, fingers and thumbs extended in a triangle shape. He wears a black hat, along with a black coat atop a white buttoned shirt and grey skirt in front of a digital-looking backdrop comprised of other images of him.

The same image as the first, with the minor addition of a yellow triangle pattern framing the hands.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Drawing of a friend's PSO2 character. Wish I liked my digital linework as much as my stuff on paper, but never having to clean a scan for color makes up for it

Black and white drawing of a PSO2 player character. A girl with long, pointed elf ears, a mechanical animal ear-like headband, and tail sits on the floor, hands resting in front of her between her legs. She has long hair with two twin tails, and a futuristic-looking dress with metal plated parts along the shoulders, wrist, waist, and boots.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The kaiju Galgodo, first panel of a comic from a while back loosely based on an old Godzilla poster / promo image.

The massive eel kaiju Galgodo stands in the ocean near the shoreline. It is a large red creature with a sizable underbite, glowing green eye, and armored yellow underbelly, with white and red patterned spiked fins along its back. Its name appears in large orange text along the left of the image as it stands in the rain at night.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Character portrait commission for a friend from a little while back, a pretty fun one with some spooky vibes to it.

A green-haired girl with empty red eyes, wearing a red capelet with rose embroidery tied at her neck atop a grey dress. Her hands are wrapped in bandages, one arm crossed in front of the other at her waist. A simple background behind her depicts a golden tree along the right of the image, and the silhouette of spider lilies along the bottom.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

An older commission with a variety of reference points - the foreground character is from PSO2, the environment is a custom dive to the heart station from Kingdom Hearts, and the station's elements are from Ragnarok Online. Getting the look for the dive to heart right was an interesting process.

A custom player character from Phantasy Star Online 2 hangs suspended high in the air, facing towards the viewer as the look down from above, twisting her upper body to the left with arms extended and wielding two swords. She wears a red jacket, cut short with metal shoulderpads and glowing blue lights adorning its futuristic surface, a black bodysuit with hip cutouts beneath it, along with a glowing halo, red hat, and twin braids. Her two blades bear a resemblance to Kingdom Hearts's keyblades, with moon and star keychains dangling from their ends, one weapon colored white and the other black. Below her is a large circular platform suspended in empty space, appearing to be made from stained glass - a dive to heart styled after Sora's own from Kingdom Hearts. It depicts a large, full-body image of her, along with an image of the castle city of Prontera from Ragnarok online, and a series of small circles with portraits of Ragnarok Online characters. A group of five small, shrimp-shaped Heartless stand ready for her attack on the platform beneath her.

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Azure @azureresonant.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Amber isn't the only one with the ability to form a union with magical creatures, either - the major antagonists use the same trick to power up and stand in her way. Including Sapphira, whose partner is a powerful silver dragon. #GameMaker #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #pixelart #indiegame #indie

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

A commission I did a little while ago of a #PSO2NGS player character. Pretty straightforward, but I've been enjoying drawing highlights in dark hair lately; digital inks are far more convenient for that kind of thing than it was on paper.

A girl with long, black hair stands wearing a black sweater top with shoulder cutouts, fingerless black gloves, a white skirt, and white hat adorned with a black tied bow in the front. Her left arm is crossed at her midriff, while her right is propped against it, hand raised with a peace sign next to her face. She looks towards the viewer with golden eyes and a neutral expression.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

A PSO2 drawing, this time a Force class themed one. Not exactly representative of casting Zandion or Rezandia, but the wind and lightning element combo was the idea at least. #PSO2NGS #art #illustration

Pen and ink drawing of a PSO2 player character. Wearing a shirt and skirt with a black jacket, she holds the Eternal Psycho Drive staff in her right hand away the viewer, while her left is open towards the front with a sphere of energy in her palm. Lightning and wind swirl around the image towards it.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A drawing of an FFXIV character, which I can only assume was a monk or pugilist. I'm slightly bothered that I didn't center the shockwave effect on their fist when I drew it. #FFXIV #art #illustration

Pen and ink drawing of a Final Fantasy XIV player character with two lion-shaped gauntlets delivering a punch which produces a large shockwave and gusts of wind in its wake.

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Azure @azureresonant.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The ice golem's smaller version has a similar icicle attack to its larger compatriot, but it's much more straightforward - just jump over it! Like the wind pair, they share a similar visual aesthetic as well. #GameMaker #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #indiegame #indiedev

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Another old PSO2 drawing. The Thor's Hammer weapon camo always had a pretty cool design, and it works very well for a dramatic foreshortening effect while slamming it into the ground. #PSO2NGS #art #illustration

Pen and ink drawing of a PSO2 player character wielding a giant hammer, smashing it into the ground. The earth cracks and lightning rises around the impact.

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Shortsteel @shortsteel.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Old PSO2 drawing from a while back. Lots of lightning and action lines as background filler. #PSO2NGS #art #illustration

A PSO2 player character poses with two large energy swords in a reverse grip, one held towards the viewer and the other behind.

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Azure @azureresonant.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I'd wanted to sprite an elaborate-looking defeat animation like you might see on some Castlevania enemies for a while, and had been having fun with the tree's animations so it seemed like a good place to test it out. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #GameMaker

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