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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · Jul 21

New commission sheet is up! Still got room to take on more.

#commissions #opencommissions #commissionsopen #takingcommissions #commissionsheet

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 8h

#ExaltedArtChallenge day 13 (exigent) and day 14 (anima banner)!

This would be Treise, the chosen of the hedges, where civilization and nature cross paths with each other.
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#art #illustration #characterart #exalted #ttrpg #ttrpgcharacter #oc #ocart

Art depicting a redheaded woman playing a green fiddle in front of a hedgerow at night. Around her, an image of a glowing elk rises up facing the viewer

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 11h

Today's entry for the art challenge has begun! This one is another style departure for me (shocker) and a bit more complicated as it combines yesterday's prompt and today's! 😨

Let's see what happens.

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! I've been using this as an excuse to play around with different styles and it really has been a blast

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 1d

Two down! Looks like I'm not gonna hit today's challenge, but, here is Saturday's #ExaltedArtChallenge : Abyssal

This would be a very quick representation of my Abyssal Dusk caste, First Rose Felled by Winter
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#exalted #art #illustration

Art depicting a silhouette of a samurai woman kneeling and reaching for her sword. The background behind her is red, with the dusk caste symbol from Exalted behind her.

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 1d

Here is yesterday's #ExaltedArtChallenge entry, #12, Liminal.

This is my character Isolde, the Snow Hen. She's a sweet, short little thing who uses her charms and necromancy to become not so sweet, not so cute.
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#exalted #art #characterart #digitalart #horror

Art of a liminal from Exalted, showing a black and white image of a woman with long flowing hair that reaches out in different directions. The right half of her is in shadow, and her right eyes is wide and has no iris and a small pupil.

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 1d

Oh goodness, I'm back on that #ExaltedArtChallenge grind after a weekend of rest! So I missed Abyssal and Liminal, and today is Exigent... so let's see if I can't get the lines for all three done today? Maybe I'll finish one of them later on if I really like them. #artchallenge #art

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much! I am having a blast with it, absolutely.

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 4d

I'm back! #ExaltedArtChallenge day 10 is a go! Incarnations back to back, building off of day 8's first Age Incarnation and keeping the style, and baby, the future is Oops! All Deathknight.
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#exalted #ttrpg #stainedglass #digitalart #art #artchallenge #rpg #tabletop

Side-by-side digital art pieces in the style of stained glass. The one on the left shows a woman with short brown hair and darker skin facing to the left, magic forming between her hands. On the right, a pale woman with long dark hair faces to the right while a skull floats above her hand. Depicts OCs from the Exalted TTRPG

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 5d

Woke up from that special kind of PTSD dream I now get as a veteran who is also trans, so it'll be a mental health day for me, and I'll be back at the art challenge tomorrow.

Make sure to take care of yourselves also, friends ❤️

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 6d

Also, I hate to plug myself, but if you really like my art and want me to have the ability to do more, you can support me for just $4 a month on my Patreon patreon.com/shownomarcy

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 6d

#ExaltedArtChallenge day 8! First Age Incarnation @theuncrucified.bsky.social

The character I chose has a First Age incarnation with a strong tie to the city of Chiaroscuro, so I decided to do this in the style of stained glass as homage to the city itself.
#art #ocart #ttrpg #ttrpgart #exalted

Art in the style of stained glass showing a woman looking to the left in front of a sun showing the eclipse caste mark. Magic forms between her hands.

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 6d

I'm rolling through day 8's challenge on the Exalted Art Challenge. Gonna have something fun for you all later.

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The Uncrucified, an Exalted TTRPG Fan Project @theuncrucified.bsky.social · Oct 27

I did a Hades style portrait of Jen's Zenith Caste Solar, Theo, for a Character of the Week challenge over at the Exalted creators' server (The Forge of Wonders). What a fun character and style. Theo is a trip to draw! When do I ever get to color so many rainbows?🌈

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 6d

By lore, the more drinks you have with him, the more rabbits you see.

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 7d

#ExaltedArtChallenge Day 7: God @theuncrucified.bsky.social

Say hello to Four Hundred Rabbits, the god of alcohol and drunkenness from a game I ran set in An-Teng. This one was fun.
#exalted #ttrpg #art #artchallenge #drawchallenge #oc #ocart

Art of a man sitting across a table from the viewer in a red jacket with patterns on the sleeves and a colorful conical hat. He lifts a mug of beer, which has a rabbit in it, and a few rabbits are on the table.

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 8d

Tomorrows Exalted Art Challenge is a god, and I'm thinking that I might just bring to life a god from one of my campaigns I've run.

That's right, the god of alcohol and drunkenness, Four Hundred Rabbits, may yet appear.
#exalted #art #exaltedartchallenge

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 8d

#ExaltedArtChallenge Day 6! Celestial Incarna! We're so back baby, and I'm gonna tell my kids these were the celestial incarnae @theuncrucified.bsky.social
#exalted #ttrpg #sailormoon #cuteart #fanart #mashup

Art of the celestial incarnae from the Exalted TTRPG in cute sailor moon chibi style. From left to right: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Luna and Sol as cats.

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 8d

I will finish the Exalted Art Challenge today, damn it. I'm close!

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 10d

I was in bed basically the whole day sick yesterday, but I'm feeling a little better. I'm gonna give myself the weekend, then I'll be back at it with the exalted art challenge! Not gonna let this beat me

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 12d

Day 2 of the #exaltedartchallenge and I... was laid out in bed as the plague reclaimed me. So, have some older exalted art of mine! Seo-Yun, the White Fox of Wu-Jian, and her bondmate The Forsaken Crow, in some Wu-Jian and Skullstone fashion. #art #ocart #ttrpg #exalted @theuncrucified.bsky.social

Art showing a pair of original characters for the Exalted ttrpg standing back to back in front of a dark background.
Character on left is a tall, thin woman who is holding a skull that is wreathed with red runes. She has a soulsteel hammer in her other hand.
Character on the right is a short fox woman with three tails, holding a pale yellow gem which radiates beams of light.

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks! I'm already turning over tomorrow's challenge in my head to see what I can come up with

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 13d

#ExaltedArtChallenge day 1 complete! I wanted to do something that felt representative of a whole aspect, rather than just one person so... soviet style propaganda poster from autochthonia celebrating their champions!
@theuncrucified.bsky.social #exalted #ttrpg #art #minimalist #poster

Soviet style minimalist propaganda poster showing art of an alchemical exalted made of red jade, standing on a ledge and facing a bright light. There are gears in the foreground and he is holding a large piece of rubble above his head. The text reads:
Top: "JADE ASPECTS LEAD THE WAY TO THE FUTURE"
Bottom: "DON'T LET THEM DO IT ALONE! DO YOUR PART TODAY!"

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 14d

I'm a tad plague ridden at the moment, but fuck it, I'm gonna give this a shot #exaltedartchallenge

If nothing else, a touch of sickness might make what I create weird

Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 16d

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Mars is in Retrograde @shownomarcy33.bsky.social · 19d

I was on vacation for two weeks and out of the country (wow I sure hope nothing crazy happened in the US) but I'm back, and here's a new piece!

#ocart #oc #exalted #dnd #ttrpg #originalart #commissionsopen

Digital art of a Demon boy with warm skin tone, red hair, gold eyes, horns and a forked tongue