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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 28/09/2026

IX. The Hermit 😶‍🌫️ Graphite. 2.75 × 4.25 in. #b&wart #oc #ocsky #traditionalart

Inside of an industrial factory, a figure in a pilot's helmet, tattered cloak, and leather motorcycle gear stands on a bridge, leaning against the railing. At their feet, smoke pours outward. It travels over the edge of the bridge in streams to the factory floor below, where it creates a deep pool of smoke. From the pool rises a massive bird-like monster, dressed as a plague doctor and wielding a winged staff in one hand. It's silhouetted by the light of the ceiling's many windows. The monster's glowing eyes look down at you as it reaches a taloned hand in your direction.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 30/08/2026

VIII. Strength 💎 Graphite. 2.75 × 4.25 in. #b&wart #oc #ocsky #traditionalart

A muscular woman holds back a rapidly spinning armadillo-like monster using her giant translucent gemstone gauntlets. Her hair is black and very short, and she wears a camisole, basketball shorts, and sneakers. As the monster spins in place, it kicks up dust, and the grinding of the monster against her gauntlets generates showers of sparks to either side. We can see a row of gems growing along the woman's spine.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 21/07/2026

VII. The Chariot 🔑 Graphite. 2.75 × 4.25 in. #b&wart #oc #ocsky #traditionalart

A woman confidently shuffles a deck of cards from one hand to the other over her head. Her long blonde hair forms a thick braid down her back, while wispy bangs frame either side of her cocky smile. She wears a black choker, a jean jacket over a white tee, jeans, and on her hip a white sword in a white sheath. The sword's pommel resembles a skull, and its cross-guard resembles a stylized pair of collar bones. The curtain on the wall behind her has been pulled open to reveal a chain-link fence patterned wallpaper. She stands at a poker table before a sizable pile of chips. Another player at the table -- a stressed man in a hoodie -- stares at his one remaining chip. Each player has a shackle on their left wrist, from which dangles a circular medal. We only see the back of the other players' medals, each of which depicts a skull. You're a player too. You look down at our own arm, shackle, and medal. In all caps, the medal reads 'PLAY'.

A photo of the previously-described piece beside my mechanical pencils, precision eraser, and a penny for scale. The penny is much larger than the figure's face.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 04/07/2026

My tarot series is >25% COMPLETE 🎉 Here's "0. The Fool" through "V. The Hierophant". Each = Graphite & 2.75 × 4.25 in. #b&wart #oc #ocsky #octarot #traditionalart #tarot2026

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 03/07/2026

VI. The Lovers 🌿 Graphite. 2.75 × 4.25 in. #b&wart #oc #ocsky #traditionalart

A well-dressed person stands at the upper landing of a stone staircase, silhouetted before a circular stained glass window depicting the flower of the tulip poplar tree. We look up at them from the base of a staircase, with sculptures of flower-filled vases on either side of the landing in which they pose. They wear a flower-like cravat and have medium-length blonde hair. In their outstretched right hand, they offer a glowing white berry to a man who struggles to climb the stairs towards them -- the man is infected with a strange mistletoe-like bush that covers most of his body and grows more of those same berries. A different victim lies facedown on the stairs, fully taken over by the same infection. The well-dressed person's left arm is a mass of leaves and vines that extend towards the fallen victim, transforming at their end into black snakes with glowing white eyes. From the bush growing on the victim's corpse, the snakes pluck more white berries.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 09/06/2026

One challenge of my tarot series is the scale: it's not obvious from the scans, but these pieces are actually quite small. I'm often working against the thickness of my lead to convey the details I want! #traditionalart #graphite #b&wart

A photo of my latest graphite drawing beside a penny and my mechanical pencil. The piece (which depicts a winged man being dragged from the sky above a city by a winged dinosaur monster) is smaller than the pencil and its details are much smaller than the penny.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 01/06/2026

V. The Hierophant 🪡 Graphite. 2.75 × 4.25 in. #b&wart #oc #ocsky #traditionalart

A man falls from the night sky towards a city below, dragged by an unconscious winged demon. The man wears a large sweater, stylish black pants, and boots. The demon resembles a velociraptor, but with large, white, bird-like wings, each of which has a black pattern resembling an eye. The man is tethered to the demon by a glowing thread which he determinedly holds in one hand. This thread may hasten his fall, but it also provides his only hope to survive: from a needle embedded in the demon's abdomen, the thread grows longer and longer, ultimately weaving itself into the man's own glowing pair of wings. These new wings have the same eye-like pattern as the demon's. In his other hand, he holds a broken bag, from which a ball of thread has fallen out.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 16/05/2026

IV. The Emperor 👑 Graphite. 2.75 × 4.25 in. #b&wart #oc #ocsky #traditionalart

A crowned man absonds into the sky with a pearl half his height. He wears an infinity scarf, long coat, and thigh high boots. He appears mid-leap, but closer examination reveals that one foot stands upon the edge of a hole shattered into space itself. He looks back towards his pursuer: a long cuttlefish-like dragon that winds through the sky and holds multiple such pearls. The dragon is a moment from snapping its open beak-like maw on the man; however, the man grins. With his free hand, he's punched a crack into space that has traveled to the dragon's head, shattering the dragon from the surrounding space, and turning the dragon's outline into a splintered mess. For now, the dragon is frozen in place.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 28/04/2026

III. The Empress 🦯 Graphite. 2.75 × 4.25 in. #b&wart #oc #ocsky #traditionalart

With the help of a walking cane, a woman adorned with jewelry and wearing a full-length black dress stands presenting what looks like a painting, which has an information placard as if in a museum. However, only enough of the wall to hold the frame is actually present. Through the frame, a sun sets on a dramatically curved ocean horizon and heavy clouds drift above. The sky and ocean stretch forward, beyond the bounds of the frame, reaching all the way around the fragment of wall and into the foreground. Water would submerge the woman's shoes if not for a mysterious force repelling the waves away from her. The woman wears black gloves and a slight smile.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 15/04/2026

II. The High Priestess 🔔 Graphite. 2.75 × 4.25 in. #b&wart #oc #ocsky #traditionalart

A woman with voluminous, messy, dark hair and long horns points towards the viewer with one hand and jingles a bell stick with the other. Around her, various demons turn their attention to the viewer, ready to strike. A cat-like masculine demon in dapper suit and big bowtie crouches to strike. A grasshopper-like demon stands at the ready behind the woman, posed like a butler. A feminine demon in a drum major uniform whose bangs cover her eyes scoffs in disgust. A giant masculine demon with rectangular shapes for horns and similar paths tattooed across his body stares into the distance. A moth-like demon floats up ahead.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 10/09/2025

it's a slow process, but we're learning

A square ink drawing of a cemetery. A path weaves through a grassy field and up a simple stone staircase. Various paths are lined with low stone walls. Grave stones dot the landscape. Along the horizon, many coniferous trees silhouette the sky.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 28/08/2025

Still accumulating ink experience. I'm drawing lots of people, lots of trees, lots of shaded spheres. Definitely not where I want to be yet, but the only way I'll level up is by persistently hiking outside of my comfort zone.

An ink drawing of the upper half of a man in a dark suit jacket. The man looks off camera to his left. His arms would be crossed if not for his right hand, which is raised to lightly touch his neck.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 14/08/2025

I've been experimenting with traditional inking as of late, and: 1. inking is SO COOL, but 2. inking is SO HARD, especially 3. when you make your original sketch wayyy too small.

an ink drawing of a woman. she sits aiming towards the left and looks over her shoulder to the right while holding a camera in her left hand. she wears baggy clothes, although her jacket is open enough to reveal her bra and her left shoulder. her straight hair is chin-length and black.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 27/01/2025

I was on art assets for the first 24 hours, and achieved a "stop motion" vibe by building a simple scene in 3D using Blender, and then rendering out high-res 2D images. I also designed our primary UI elements (notebook interface, text bubbles). A fellow jammer did a good job with the stock icons!

The main menu, which reads "The trading window opens soon. Buy! Sell! Max your profits! Press enter to play." In the background, a computer and notebook sit on a desk in a dimly-lit room.

A notebook with interactive elements reads, "My stonks. I want to buy 1 stocks of computer." Then a phone number is listed for a "stock guy" and
there's a button to call them.

In a dimly-lit room, a computer with glowing screen sits on a desk beside a black notebook with many post-it notes sticking out. In the window, a shadowy figure looms.

Another view of the room. In the corner, a mysterious shadowy figure hides between two house plants. On a table sits a TV and a radio.

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 16/12/2024

Shaders + Particle Systems = 🔥🔥🔥 I really like how this effect turned out AND already have ideas on how I'd improve on this implementation in the future! #gamedev #godot

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 08/12/2024

More shader learning -- this time with caustics! ✨ Left = six octaves of hyperbolic-like waves Right = sum of four Gerstner waves Inspired by Chapter 2 of "GPU Gems". This aesthetically approximates caustics, but I look forward to learning more accurate methods in the future. #gamedev #godot

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sine-creates-art @sine-creates-art.com · 07/12/2024

🌊 I'm diving into learning SHADERS! 🌊 Left = sum of four sines, w/ power constant 2.2 Right = sum of four Gerstner waves (otherwise all parameters, lighting, and noise maps identical) I followed the logic outlined in Chapter 1 of "GPU Gems" and am happy with the results! #gamedev #godot

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