iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I'm glad you like. She seems like a cool character and reminds me a lot of my main d&d character I play, in all the good ways.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I hope you enjoy, I'm tryin really hard to learn drawing people

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Art fight attack for @saisaixchan.bsky.social and her character Rowan! artfight.net/attack/14883... #ArtFight #TeamMystery

Digital art of Saisaixchan's character Rowan standing straight with a knife in the left hand.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm so excited for my second Art Fight! My goal is still to keep getting better at drawing people, so I'll be looking to do attacks of humanoid characters, probably people's D&D/TTRPG characters. #artfight #teammystery Follow me on AF: artfight.net/~Vesperaith

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

THREE TEAMS FOR ART FIGHT LETS GO

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I'm just sad I can't watch the ATLA movie in theaters. That sounds like an amazing experience.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Reading this in Caine's voice as he excitedly encourages the audience to remember to take their estrogen

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Sometimes I wonder how you decide what's a Twitter post and what's a Bluesky post, and yeah, this one is def a Bluesky post.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Stared at this for like 30 minutes with this on loop in the background. I really like the use of color sketchlike shading and linework to bring out that ghostly appearance, it's great ^^

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

@ashleynichols.bsky.social Turning in some VERY late homework, watching stream VODs back, doing the "draw Hunibot as your favorite pokemon" homework from the favorite pokemon streams.

Photo of digital art on an iPad screen of Ashley Nichols's text to speech bot Hunibot wearing a drifloon hoodie

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Amazing beautiful character design

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Ready for a random blizzard in the middle of March

Digital art of Isabelle from Animal Crossing wearing heavy winter clothes and standing in the show. She is wearing red earmuffs, a purple scarf, pink coat, purple snowpants, and grey boots and gloves

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I've been Culting my Lamb really hard since I picked it up last month on Winter sale. Something something Woolhaven out.

Digital art of the Lamb from Cult of the Lamb performing a ritual, floating with bleeding eyes

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

You can't fully see it in this, but she's got a shield called the meow meow shield that has a cat's face on it. You can see the cat ears sticking out on it though.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Finished with our 4th and final D&D party member, Bonnie Rivers! She's a tabaxi ranger researching an anomaly in the stars and she's a ton of fun to play with and draw.

Digital art of personal D&D character, Bonnie Rivers. She is a grey tabaxi with a blue dress with stars on it, with a brown bag over her shoulder, grey pendant on her necklace, holding a longbow and a book, with a cat shaped shield on her back. She is wearing glasses. She is standing with her head tilted to her left, holding her bow to her side and her book to her torso.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Capcom I swear to god, please give us more than one Megaman game, and maybe one that's not classic, I'm so desperate.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

In the future, when civilization as we know it is unrecognizable from what it is now, and AI is but a notion of the past, real art will still be there in the ashes. AI could never replace real art because art is one of the most innately human things about us.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Thank you! I hope that the lessons I've learned can help you and others

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

And lastly I just wanna remember to enjoy myself and have fun doing art, remembering the lessons in my last post like I I'd said.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I also want to get good at more complex things with drawing people, more dynamic posing, better grasp of anatomy, focus on gesture, etc. And I'd really like to dip my toes into a better understanding of color theory. Getting the tone correct in art is hard and I'd like to get better at that.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

As well this next year I wanna get to a point to where I am just drawing more consistently, where I'm more happy doodling on my iPad, and where I'm just doodling more to be more consistent. I also wanna do stuff like Art Fight again to see how much I've improved since last year's AF.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

With my last post being looking back at the lessons I'd learned being an artist for one year, I'd like to make another post looking at another year of being an artist. I reached my goal of being able to draw people and I want to get better at that, especially for D&D character art stuff.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lastly, I just want to thank you for reading, and if you're a new artist, I wish you only the best in your journey. If no one reads this at all, I'm fine with that too. I'm happy to take this 1 year anniversary opportunity to reflect on my own growth as an artist. I look forward to another year.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 17: Completely opposite of what I just said, but it is okay to make art just for yourself. While sharing art is a joy, you don't have to. You can just make things because you like making it and never have to show it to anyone if you don't want to. Never forget to have fun making art.

Simple digital art of a rat dressed up like a ghost for Halloween, holding out a jack-o-lantern candy pail.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

For me, this is why I have this bsky account. While the idea of having a large follower count is great n all, I like to treat this account like an open journal, for sharing art other people may be able to get joy, or some other emotional reaction from. Here's one of my favorites :)

Digital art of Isabelle from Animal Crossing and the Doomslayer from Doom. They are sitting down in a simple Animal Crossing sitting pose, sitting towards each other, Isabelle is smiling.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 16 is a weird one, but try not to feel guilty about praise. While internalizing that you're doing art for the joy of art itself, don't let that take away from the joy of people enjoying what you've made. Sharing your art is just another part of why making art is so great.

Digital art containing 5 drawings of a Sandile wearing white socks with pink tips. They are doing things from wearing the socks to having one on their nose to eating a sock.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 15? Idk: My artist friend wanted to add "keep trying, the worst thing you can do is to not try at all" and I agree with that. You won't get anywhere without trying, you won't improve without being afraid to fail, and you won't get closer to your goals by imagining being good at art. Just draw

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

-maybe you could think about money, but as a new artist, don't let it distract you. It takes the focus of art away from the joy of creation and puts the weight of financial stress onto your craft. It makes learning feel a lot more like a job and less like self improvement.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A lesson related to that though, try not to obsess over art on a social media level. YouTube art tutorials and guides, follower count, interaction numbers, worrying about the possibility of making money. It can be really stressful and distract from the fun of art. If you get a good follower count-

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Idk if this is a lesson, but it's really nice to have friends supporting you. I have an artist friend who has been one of my biggest supporters. It just feels good to be around other artists who are doing art for the sake of and love for creation. It really helps you be in that artistic headspace.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 12: Try not to hold any "techniques" or "art lessons" sacred. Art is complicated. Not only is there not one single trick to get good at art fast, there's so many ways to do art "right" that holding any lessons as gospel can really narrow your vision.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 11: If you're working on a piece that's taking you a long time, try not to let it hold you up too much. If that piece makes you not want to draw, take a break, draw something else if you're still in the mood to draw. I know this leads to unfinished pieces, but at least you're drawing.

Digital art of a D&D character, Lysithea Lycester, standing with a purple soulknife in their left hand, holding their right hand on their hip, and smiling.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

As well, hard limit goals like that are just STRESSFUL. There are better ways to motivate yourself. As well, if you feel like participating in things like Art Fight or Inktober, enjoy it, but without any expectation of how much you'll draw. AF fast tracked my skill by just drawing as much as I felt.

Digital art of a mouse rogue for Art Fight, holding a dagger in each hand with a cloak hanging over her arms, looking to her right, battle ready.

Digital art for Art Fight of a bee, striking a happy pose with one leg in the air, hands together by her face, and smiling. The photo has an artistically styled background of colored hexagon cutouts layered over each other on, all shades of yellow and orange.

Digital art of three drawings of a blue possum character for Art Fight named Melvin. He is dressed as a witch for Halloween in the middle with a text bubble saying "twick ow tweat", wearing a pink scarf with pink sunglasses in the bottom left with text that reads "I'm an acquired taste if u don't like me ACQUIRE SOME TASTE, and one of Melvin sitting down sticking his tongue out in the top right.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 10: Try not to set hard limits on goals to "motivate" yourself. Things like "I need to draw 500 pieces of art this year" may get you to draw, but it'll kill fun and will feel all or nothing. If you only drew 200 pieces, it'd feel like a failure compared to 500 but you still drew 200 pieces.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 9: Experiment with what works for you. I'd tried to get into digital art with a screenless tablet and it didn't click at all. A friend sold me a used iPad for $100 and it clicked instantly. There is some financial privilege, and I acknowledge that luck. Just try to work with what you've got.

Crude digital sketches in Clip Studio Paint drawn with a screenless tablet

Digital art of Isabelle from Animal Crossing standing and facing to the right wearing her orange suit. This was my second attempt to make digital art of Isabelle. Same photo as the start of the thread.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 8: Draw some variety. Sometimes making something different from what you normally do helps spice things up and motivate you again. I recently drew a detailed world map for our D&D campaign and it helped make drawing feel so fresh.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 7: Art style doesn't mean anything more than just the way you like to draw things. Try not to obsess over having a signature art style, especially if you're new. Focus more having fun and just drawing. You'll pick up little things you like as you draw and the style will develop itself.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 6: Learning specific art skills like anatomy/color theory/linework/gesture/etc. are important to know, try not to get too caught up in mastering these things. It's good to study these, but it can be easy to get too narrowed in on one, feel like you're not improving, and get discouraged.

Digital art of D&D character Eula Meridan. She is wearing a brown witch hat, a brown cloak, white dress shirt, brown belt, yellow plaid skirt, and black leggings. she is standing holding her wooden owl staff in her right hand and holding her hip with her left hand.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 5: Have a comfortable balance between pushing yourself and taking it easy. While it's good to push yourself, not every new piece you make needs to be a masterpiece, and it can be good to take it easy and draw simple things. The better you get, you'll see that your level of simple gets better.

Digital art of a Happy Ghast from Minecraft flying to the left, background of clouds, the Happy Ghast is smiling wearing a blue visor with the goggles down.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 4 was a hard one for me: taking breaks is okay. Having periods where you don't feel like drawing is normal and does not mean you've given up on the hobby. We ebb and flow and life happens, it's okay to not be consistent, especially when you're learning. If you love it enough, you'll come back

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 3: learn to push your boundaries. Just throwing down doodles can be fun, but if you wanna draw more complex things you're proud of, you've gotta learn to be okay with fucking up drawing something harder than your skill level. It'll be okay. Fucking up like this will help you learn.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 2: have fun. I know this seems obvious, but I cannot stress this enough, especially with how stressed people get doing art sometimes. Focus on having fun over anything else. You're doing art because you wanna create things you love. Don't forget how important fun is.

A photo of a sketchbook page containing primarily pokemon with more detail than previous pages in this thread. It contains pumpkaboo, shuppet, regidrago, goomy, duskull, mimikyu, misdrevius, litwick, ditto, chimecho, drifloon, and a dreepy. There's also a boo, a bob omb, and a sharingan.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Lesson 1 is obvious: just draw. I started by literally just throwing whatever nonsense I could down on paper just to get myself to draw. If you're going in with no experience, it's just gonna be simple shit, whatever you can draw, just have fun drawing what you can and do it a lot.

A photo of another page of misc sketchbook art, containing pokemon, symbols, dnd characters, and other misc crude art.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

First things first, I will say that I did start ADHD meds right around when I picked up art, so if you want to throw out all of my advice, I get it, though I will tell you that I had to do a lot more than just getting medicated to really stick with art.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

As of today, I've been an artist for a full year. To celebrate, I wanted to make a post, not focused on the progress I've made, but rather about what I did to stick with it. I've tried "getting into art" multiple times in my life and always gave up. I'd like to go over how it how it finally stuck:a🧵

A photo of the sketchbook page that I started my art journey with. The page contains multiple small doodles such as mice, symbols, handguns, takodachi, pokemon and mario characters, and other misc crude drawings of an artist just starting out.

Digital art of a simplified version of my D&D character Gael. She is viewed from an angle slightly above her as she looks down, touching her pointer fingers, and blushing with hearts in her eyes.

Digital art of Gilder Boulderscuff, one of the characters in our D&D party. He is a dwarf with dark red hair wearing a cowboy hat, metal armor with gold trim, and a green tunic with a belt. He is holding his two handed battle hammer by the end of the handle, the head of the hammer resting on the ground with his foot resting on the head of the hammer. He is facing to the left, head turned to the right with his other hand on his hip.

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The wings are sick and fit the design so well

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Vesper @vesperaith.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I spent WAY too long on this, trying to make this perfect, and it made me take longer on a piece than I should. As well, because I was too focused on one piece, I haven't been drawing as much or working on other pieces at all. I'm def gonna do more less effort pieces now.

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