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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 18h

22/1000
It’s 11:40 PM, so it still counts! But seriously — one quick painting session tonight. I tried a softer approach than usual; honestly, I like it, but my usual style speaks to me more on some level, I guess.

#digitalpainting #artstudy #dailyart #paintingpractice #illustrationprocess #art

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 1d

21/1000 — And let me tell you, sometimes it’s hard to draw every day 😅 but I managed to squeeze out this little thing. Hopefully it’s… well, something!

#art #dailyart #digitalpainting #illustration #sketch #paintingpractice #artstudy #conceptart #colorstudy #visualdevelopment

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 2d

20/1000 — A bit of lighting experimentation today. I kinda like how it looks! I was struggling since there’s pretty much just one light source plus some bounce light, but I believe it turned out pretty good.

#art #digitalpainting #lightingstudy #illustration #paintingpractice #fantasyart #dailyart

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 3d

19/1000 Oh man, nothing was working today — one of those rough art days 😅 But hey, this is the best I could pull off, so I’ll take it!

#artdaily #artistjourney #paintingpractice #digitalpainting #illustrationprocess #artchallenge #dailyart #artgrowth #paintingstudy #creativeprocess

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 4d

18/1000 Today’s painting is simpler since I had a lot on my mind. But tomorrow, I’m planning to go all in with some new ideas — I already have a few in mind, so yeah, wish me luck!

#artdaily #artistjourney #paintingpractice #digitalpainting #illustrationprocess #artchallenge

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 6d

17/1000 Here we go — today’s painting turned out pretty good! It reminded me that I really need to study armor (I have no idea how her shoulder is supposed to move, lol). As a bonus, you also get a mid-process shot and the reference.

#digitalart #painting #draweveryday #directpainting #art #elf

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 6d

16/1000 Simple painting today — I kept experimenting and starting over again and again, but this one’s probably the best out of the bunch.

#artchallenge #paintingpractice #digitalart #art #artstudy #dailyart #illustrationpractice #artoftheday #creativeprocess #paintingstudy #dailypainting

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 7d

15/1000 Here we gooo! This is my girlfriend’s OC that she wants to play in the next D&D campaign. They’re a toadstool that a sorcerer turned into a goblin — and their lifelong mission is to become a mushroom again! And if anyone didn’t guess — yep, she’s playing a barbarian gnome.
#dndart #oc #dndoc

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 9d

14/1000 — Already 2 weeks in!
Honestly, I’m really proud of how much I’ve managed to paint so far.
But but now it’s time to look back and figure out what worked, what didn’t, and how to not just paint, but keep pushing my skills until I break past the ceiling.

#dndart #dndcharacter #dndillustration

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 9d

13/1000 – Today’s face color sketches were actually pretty fun! I was trying to use only hard edges and go straight to the final shapes. I really like how those face tattoos/paintings turned out.
#dndart #oc #dndoc #digitalpainting #draweveryday #painteveryday

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 11d

12/1000 – Luck flipped! Today was great, drawing-wise. I’m actually proud of this piece, which is really rare for me :D The inspiration came from Baldur’s Gate — I started playing it a few days ago, and it’s the best game I’ve played in a while. Those are my OCs, though!

#digitalart #oc #dnd

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 12d

11/1000 – You know that image with the text “showing up every day isn’t:” and all the circles are completely filled, and then below it says “is:” with circles filled to different amounts?
Yeah, today felt like that. I barely got anything done.

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 13d

10/1000 We’ve hit 1% of the challenge! 🎉 This one’s another drawing made as a request for a D&D campaign. It actually came together pretty quickly — I spent no more than about 3.5 hours on the whole thing. #art #dndart #fantasyart #digitalpainting #artistsoninstagram #paintingchallenge #artchallenge

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 13d

9/1000 This painting was actually a commission for a D&D campaign, and I was given permission to post it! It was a pretty cool experience — I haven’t done any client work in a while, so it feels great to get back into it.

#fantasyart #dndart #painting #oc #illustration #dndcharacter #characterart

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 15d

8/1000. Started three paintings today and barely finished one, but that’s fine. I’m getting back into those fantasy vibes again — pointy ears and magic never disappoint. Overall, a good day, just a bit too much overthinking.

#fantasyart #magicart #illustration #characterart #pointyears

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 16d

1st week complete – 7 days, 7 paintings. Was wondering how long I can do this, had this idea in mind of doing it for 100 days. But then I love a challenge, and 100 is no challenge. 1000 is, so 993 days to go. Wish me luck.

#draweveryday #painteveryday #digitalart #digitalpainting #lgbtq

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks <3 means a lot <3

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 17d

6th painting – 6th day. At this point, painting has kind of blended into my day. There’s nothing stopping me, which is… you know… good? I’ve always struggled with some kind of art block, and now it’s gone. :3

#digitalart #draweveryday #painteveryday #oc

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 18d

5th day - 5th painting. Did different thing, I was super uninspired and didn’t know what to draw. But visiting some old work in search of inspiration I found out this painting from 2020 I believe. And decided to make remake of it. Really happy how it came out.

#redrawing #repainting #remakeart

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 18d

4th day – 4th painting. Tbh it was literally the opposite of yesterday — the start was super smooth, but I struggled to finish it. I didn’t really have an idea how to manage this composition, but I’m relatively happy with how it turned out. What do you guys think?
#digitalart #draweveryday

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 18d

And Painting form yesterday this was 3rd day in a row - It was hard day, specially beginning where idea after idea just wasn’t working.
#drawing #digitalpainting #painteveryday #draweveryday

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 19d

Technically it’s my 4th day of painting everyday but made account yesterday soo.. I will be posting more. This is painting from day before yesterday so it’s 2nd in a row. Hope you like it.

#digitalart #painting #painteveryday #draweveryday

Illustration of two girls hanging together

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks a lot <3

Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 19d

I almost forgot about them, thank you for reminding me of Cait and Vi, love your style btw. Its really fun looking at something outside of mainstream art styles <3

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Mikołaj Cabanek @cabanek.bsky.social · 19d

Actually for almost all of it, I find out its really working out for me to start work with lasso fill tool. This is example of sketch I did using this technique. It forces me to pay extra attention to to shapes and..well It works. This is my new fav way of working so far. Later ofc I use more tools