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argentaevum.bsky.social
@argentaevum.bsky.social
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Just arting around.

Any pronouns, old enough to know better, don't be a dick.

Feed me pencils: https://ko-fi.com/V7V0SM5I5
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argentaevum.bsky.social @argentaevum.bsky.social · 14d
Opening up TWO slots for art commissions!
Finished full-body: $35 CAD
Finished half-body: $25 CAD
Sketch: $15 CAD

Only pencils/graphite for now; I hope to open inked and painted comms once I’ve got more of a cushion (and a new light box.)

Start your request HERE: forms.gle/mjGTnX5mya39...
argentaevum.bsky.social
Sol Divisive Harpy done! 4 inches across and more hours than I like to count, but as an aesthetic, "machine covered in plants" is just 🤌 #destiny2art #handembroidery
A hand-embroidered Vex Harpy from Destiny. It is a robot made up of three petal-like segments around a central red eye, done in brass and gray thread in very tight, regular stitching. Geenery has grown over many areas on it, done in raised, organic stitches. Vines hang between its lower two petals, and red flowers grow on it here and there. A ring of knots in dark brown thread surrounds it, with greenery growing at the top and bottom of the frame.
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I miss my wife, Tails (my wife named Painting)
argentaevum.bsky.social argentaevum.bsky.social @argentaevum.bsky.social · Sep 8
"“What about your sisters?” Aurash asks his future self. “Sathona? Xi Ro? Are they with you?”

The Taken King’s fangs glint. That sound might be a laugh, or a hiss."

One of my pieces for a collection of Destiny art celebrating Seth Dickinson's writing. *Points* that's my dad. #destiny2art #destiny2
A dramatically-lit painting of Oryx and Quria from Destiny. Oryx stands on the left, a humanoid alien with a cadaverous face, three glowing green eyes, and a heavy horizontal crest on his head. His body is covered in chitinous armor. He holds out a clawed hand filled with wispy white fire, the only light source in the dark space, and stands confrontationally close to Quria. Quria is a brassy robotic being with no humanoid features, just a set of red lenses in the front of its head and a part of its armored chest visible. The large central lens has a tiny shadowed figure projected inside of it, which kneels with its hands and face pressed against the glass, looking at Oryx. It has three glowing green eyes and seems to wear chitinous armor.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Finishing up an older project that's been haunting me. Fun fact: I did most of this during an extremely slow cashiering job. #destiny2art #destinyvex
A photo of an unfinished embroidery piece depicting a Vex Harpy from Destiny. The three-part body is made up of tight stitching in gold and brass thread, and the mosses and plants growing on patches are done in more dimensional, organic stitches in several shades of green. The hoop has been offset so a border can be worked on, a line of thick knots in dark brown thread that encircle the Harpy.
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
argentaevum.bsky.social
Starting work on a character that's been officially nicknamed "Babygirl Problems." Not as in she *has* problems (lie) but is the one causing them. #hivewizard
A very tough, basic sketch of a humanoid character flying in the air, with a wide, flowing skirt trailing behind. Her hips and torso seem to be armored, including a high collar that rises from her breastplate. Her head is still little more than a rough shape with a center and eyeline, and a pair of tall, thin horns hook back from it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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A comic I did a while back as a bit of an experiment: Ilona-8 has a bad night. (This took me forever, comic artists are insane [positive]) #destiny2art #destiny2oc #fancomic
A four-panel comic page, the first of three pages. Panel one is a large aerial shot of a golden field of grain, with black mountains and a black sky behind, which is not merely dark, but seems to absorb the red of the setting sun beyond. A tall tower rises behind the mountain peaks. A small, indistinct figure is waling towards them, leaving a path in the grain. Panel 2: A slightly high-angle shot of a feminine, humanoid robot, an Exo, as she runs her fingers through the seed heads of the grain in the foreground. She wears white arm and chest armor over a close-fitting gray and blue shirt, has a blue scarf wrapped around her neck, and her face is made of a mix of blue plating and gray plastics. Her eyes are the same gold as the grain, and she looks at it with a neutral expression. Panel 3: We face back the way she has come from. She seems to have turned to look back abruptly, putting herself in profile, one hand drawn up uncertainly as the other rests on the grain. There is nothing behind her but the field and the solid black sky. Panel 4: She as continued onward, out of frame, showing the trail of her passage though the crops, and of her, we can see only one armored hand stroking the seed heads as she passes. A five-panel comic page, the second page of three. Panel 1: We face the base of a narrow stone tower, standing in a grassy clearing, lit red with a sunset on one side and shading to shadow in the other. The shadows behind the tower shade into a solid black, the same as the arched entrance. A narrow dirt path leads to the entrance. Panel 2: We look up at the tower now, and the imposing height of it, with the Exo woman in the foreground, with her back to the viewer. Instead of armor, she now wears a sleeveless purple shirt, showing that the blue metal of her arms is etched with flowers on one shoulder, like a tattoo. Panel 3: A wide, narrow shot of her bare, robotic feet at one side of the page, humanlike but plated in blue and gray, standing at the edge of the field of grain. A dirt path stretches ahead of her, with the shadow of the tower falling over it. Panel 4: We look up at her now from one side, emphasizing her clenched fist at her side, standing at the edge of the field. Her chin is raised and she stands straight, still in the soft purple shirt, and one of the panels on this arm is etched with what might be a swan taking flight. Faint lines indicate her hand is shaking. Panel 5: An aerial view of her, but she has taken several steps back into the golden field, and has her face in her hands. It's a desolate and lonely view. The grain ripples around her, and the shadow of the tower looms before her. A seven-panel comic page, the third of three. The first panel is close to the Exo woman, still in her soft clothes, as she rubs at her head. Behind her, on the black horizon, is a single point of orange, and a sharp ripple in the grain. Panel 2: She stands up straight, hands still out, and mouth slightly open, and now wears the armor from page 1. Around her, the grain has been blown forward, and an orange glow is rushing towards her with it. Panel 3: We see her from above as a shockwave approaches, bathing her in yellow-white light. She holds up a hand as if to fend it off as she turns back to look at it. She now wears different armor in gray and green. A triangular emblem is just visible on one shoulder. Panel 4: The shockwave has struck. We see her face and one arm depicted in yellows and oranges and with a hard black shadow, her body distorting and breaking up, disintegrating in the blast. Her mouth is open in a silent scream, or perhaps just torn open with the force of it. Panel 5: A view of a bedroom, at night, all in soft grays and purples. The woman lies in bed, the covers nearly kicked off, one arm raise behind her as she thrashes, in a pose similar to the final shot of her in the blast. A windowsill is just visible to the right. Panel 6: She sits up in bed, facing the window, putting her back to the viewer. She wears a loose t-shirt, and her head hangs as she sits on the edge of the bed. The window is edge in a single futuristic curve of metal, and through it, we see a dark nighttime cityscape, with the moon visible in the distance, and a large, cracked white shape taking up one corner of the view. Panel 7: We look out the window more clearly, over her shoulder as she sits up. Two short, angled towers have a tiny moon setting behind them, with a tall, narrow tower beside them, not unlike the horizon in the very first panel of her dream.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
argentaevum.bsky.social
Opening up TWO slots for art commissions!
Finished full-body: $35 CAD
Finished half-body: $25 CAD
Sketch: $15 CAD

Only pencils/graphite for now; I hope to open inked and painted comms once I’ve got more of a cushion (and a new light box.)

Start your request HERE: forms.gle/mjGTnX5mya39...
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
argentaevum.bsky.social
*Tiny scratchy voice* Yee-haw...pard-ner... #destinyart #destiny2art #destinyhive
Three pencil doodles of a Hive Thrall from Destiny. The topmost shows it from the shoulders up. It wears a cowboy hat. The next shows it from the chest-up, reaching up to hold the hat in both hands as it looks up into it with its blind face. The last shows its fully body as it scuttles along on its hands and feet, holding the hat in its fangs by the brim.
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
argentaevum.bsky.social
Nox, a #warforged Shadow Magic #sorcerer from the campaign I used to DM. She wasn't obsessed with kidnapping one of the PCs and using them as a vessel to summon an elder god, haha, why do you ask... #dnd5e
A pencil drawing of a Warforged, an almost skeletal magic robot.The viewer looks down at them from an upward angle, and they stand with their palms towards each other at chest height, a circular cape attached at their back and front of their shoulders blown back in a breeze. Light seems to emanate from the empty space between their hands, creating a light spot in the shadows beneath her, and highlighting the glossy material of her dark, sparse armor--her joints are noticeably hinged, and at her shoulders, the structure of metal bones and pulleys is clearly visible. Her midriff is bare, and gleams like silk, arranged in a pattern not unlike human musculature. Her face is a simplified, toothless skull, and the lenses of her eyes glow, looking up at the viewer.
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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A handful of the #warforged I designed as NPCs back when I was DMing. I had far too much fun spinning up new concepts, and wound up with many more than were ever used.
A pencil sketch of a four-armed Warforged wielding a rapier in an upper hand. Their lower hands are holding some unidentifiable device, and what appears to be a mechanical lion stands behind them, snarling. Five sketches of Warforged busts of different styles. One is very spare and lean, and wears a fur-collared cloak. Another wears ornate plate armor with a slotted visor and exaggerated bevor integrated into their face. Another looks alien and smooth, with a set of pits and dark slots instead of facial features. Another is in profile, with a plain mechanical face and details of their helmet sweeping down into featherlike accents. The last is constructed in simple, clean lines, with half-plate armor integrated seamlessly into their body. A pencil sketch of a Warforged. They stand with a greatsword propped on one shoulder, and wear plate armor, including a heavy gorget and visored helm. A semicircular cape is draped over their hsoulders, and two long banners hang from either cheek-piece of their helmet. A pencil sketch of a Warforged. Drawn from the shoulders up, their design is segmented and spiny, and they have prominent fangs with their head turned in profile and their mouth open wide.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Little turnaround of Tal-kam, a Hive Knight character I've been playing with for a while. I have a lot of thoughts about refining her look, but am still pretty happy with this. #destinyart #destinyhive
A pencil turnaround of a Hive Knight from Destiny. A line on the page indicates she stands 8 feet and 6 inches tall, and a Hunter with their face obscured (labeled at 5 feet 11 inches) prods her on one arm. She stands with one hand resting on the pommel of a cleaver while leaning slightly away from the Hunter, and her armor is all made of smooth shapes with fine arching, like the interior of a seashell. Her helmet comes down like a visor over her eyes, and rises in the back into a pair of curved horns. Panels of fabric hang at her hips like a Titan's marks. In the other, back view, she strides athletically away with the cleaver held low, showing a pair of banners attached to the back of her helm and a set of bony, vestigial wing spikes between her shoulders. A last thumbnail doodle in the corner is labeled "kneels for casual conversations," and indeed shows the Knight kneeling on one knee, her head level with a Human figure's.
September 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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My other piece for a Destiny art collection. Just. Listen. Listen. I've never known a character who's simultaneously as close as you can get to the actual Devil AND just somebody's depressed dad as Oryx. #destiny2 #destinyart
A pencil drawing of Oryx from Destiny. He sits in an easy chair, wearing a bathrobe and Hive worm slippers, and holding a mug that says “World’s #∞ Dad.” He has his head propped up on one hand and in the background of the image is the beginning of a monologue from the Books of Sorrow: “Sometimes I wonder if I’m a nihilist. I don’t do much except break things. That’s what they say about me: we could’ve had a great civilization, if it weren’t for that damn Oryx, that damn Hive…” On the floor in front of the chair are tiny versions of the Deathsinger twins playing with a barbed, dangerous-looking totem. Peering at them around the other side of the chair and holding a cleaver is a tiny chibi Crota, clearly intending to start shit.
September 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Indis, my Path of the Beast #Barbarian from a campaign that petered out. I miss them...

Tho fun fact! I was never actually playing Indis, but the Far Realm parasite that had taken over their body. Their Rage was their human consciousness taking over and expressing decades of Backstory. It's fine :)
A pencil drawing of a broad-shouldered, humanoid monstrosity. It walks towards the viewer on goatlike legs, and rests one hand on the ground, the other is raised to show long, sharp claws. The skin around its neck is loose and baggy and a fanged, bestial skull has torn through it, its mouth open to snarl. It has multiple round, pupil-less eyes across the top of its head around the bases of six curling horns, and a rune glows between the central pair.
September 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
argentaevum.bsky.social
"“What about your sisters?” Aurash asks his future self. “Sathona? Xi Ro? Are they with you?”

The Taken King’s fangs glint. That sound might be a laugh, or a hiss."

One of my pieces for a collection of Destiny art celebrating Seth Dickinson's writing. *Points* that's my dad. #destiny2art #destiny2
A dramatically-lit painting of Oryx and Quria from Destiny. Oryx stands on the left, a humanoid alien with a cadaverous face, three glowing green eyes, and a heavy horizontal crest on his head. His body is covered in chitinous armor. He holds out a clawed hand filled with wispy white fire, the only light source in the dark space, and stands confrontationally close to Quria. Quria is a brassy robotic being with no humanoid features, just a set of red lenses in the front of its head and a part of its armored chest visible. The large central lens has a tiny shadowed figure projected inside of it, which kneels with its hands and face pressed against the glass, looking at Oryx. It has three glowing green eyes and seems to wear chitinous armor.
September 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM