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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 12h

Revisiting old characters, this was a full body reference I gave to my first ever D&D character (where I met my first partner!), Legume. She is very clumsy but ended up becoming a fully fledged Fighter at the end of her campaign and I'm still very fond of her. #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 1d

Me too!! 🥹♥️

Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 1d

Anatomy and proportions, more complex posing - I still needed a little bit of practice though. This is a cropping of a piece I did for my OC Myrrh and his brother Theilyn! The former is dragging the latter to (go dance? It's been so many years I can't recall). #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 2d

But I was doing other kinds of pinups, too. This is @purapea.bsky.social's gorgeous husband tiefling to my Kirkham (see previous post). I think this was one of the things I was proudest of making that year - the shading, posing and lighting all came together! #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 3d

Further evidence to my previous point. 👀 #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 3d

And I was leaning more and more into uhhh. Drawing things I enjoy. 🥰 #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 4d

There was the occasional gift and experimental piece I tried here and there - liking the pink theme between these. 🩷 #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 5d

More commissions, too - this was character art for my old housemate, who was playing in an #L5R game at the time! #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists #commissions

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 6d

did anyone ask for hot fey?? because I did that too 😏 this is a fey NPC for a one-shot I ran, and he's completely golden-skinned... #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 7d

Again, I have soooo many WIPs left from that year...so sad I never finished this lineless pic of my girl Remy 😭 I'll come back to you one day baby #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 8d

I also made @purapea.bsky.social's cute lil himbo husband in 2021 as well - this is Kirkham and he was a firbolg I designed for another #DND5e game I played with my lovely art friends ❤️ boba window was mandatory #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 9d

I also made possibly the best chibi I've ever drawn back in 2021, a piece of fanart for the absolutely wonderfully lovely @safrb.bsky.social - she had just done her re-debut with a new model and I was floored by how pretty it was! 🥺❤️ #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 10d

There were a couple of pieces I did to enhance my streaming setup too, now I was more enjoying PNGtubing. Still enjoy this background set I made for my "just chatting" screen. >:3 comfy sofa !! #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 11d

One of the drawing challenges I did was joining in with a fellow Twitch artist's species design, where they were combining traits of mythological creatures into something cute. This is Evangeline, and she's someone I like to sketch for my warm-ups! #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 12d

I started making OC reference sheets too, though I have too many so didn't get very far... 🫣 These robot sisters are for a cyberpunk #rpg campaign I run. Still really proud of these and have recently enjoyed doing a ref sheet commission off the back of them as examples! #noai #artistsofbluesky

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 13d

Secret surprise second post from me today! My comm slots are now open on vgen as the lovely @nichiiexe.bsky.social gave me one of her codes - I would love it if anyone would drop me a follow or even a cheekay lil commission to try and help me get verified! 🥰 vgen.co/morgul

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 13d

I went and revisited some old #tabletop characters of mine - this Myrrh Cylhanna, an Eladrin drag queen and one of my dearest elves. My partner Adam played his brother and it was the first time we'd done paired OCs! Really enjoyed that #DND5e campaign even if it didn't last long. #noai #humanartist

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 14d

Continuing the catch up on 2021 art - did a number of art challenges and DTIYS posts, too. I started experimenting a little bit more with character design and doing some weird and wonderful things. ✨ #noai #artistsofbluesky #humanartists

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Dr Adam @theeuphemism.bsky.social · 15d

Very excited to be presenting again later today at the Warhammer Conference! This year I'm talking about Necrons, Trans/Posthumanism, and why Wargame fiction is important to analyse. Plus I got this wonderful commission from @morgul.bsky.social 's sketch club, and I love it so much!

Bust of Oltyx from the Twice Dead King novels

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 20d

I have so many unpublished WIPs from 2021 still (and beyond, as we'll see later). This was a tabletop character I designed (a monster hunter) that never got played. But I revelled in her backstory, and will have to go back and finish her one day. #noai #humanartists #artistsofbluesky

Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 21d

I was experimenting with darker stuff, too, and through my zombie-coded OC Tallow I played around with a little more body horror and light gore. It was fun and interesting and content that I'd like to return to some day with a little more practice! #noai #humanartists #artistsofbluesky

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 22d

Also did this little chibi gremlin for my girlfriend at the time - I still love this piece too since she looks so cheeky. 😆 #noai #humanartists #artistsofbluesky

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 23d

I started doing some small commissions too - this was a piece I did in April 2021 for my partner Adam, as a logo for his Soundcloud audiobook recordings. I am actually really flippin' proud of this one and want to eat the textures every time I see it. #noai #humanartists #artistsofbluesky

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 24d

I also ran my own streaming challenges and actually had people participate with me and submit entries. 🥺 I was still a tiny baby streamer but the support and engagement, and even folks just coming to hang out, really meant a lot to me! #noai #humanartists #artistsofbluesky

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Maenas Morgul @morgul.bsky.social · 25d

Like, we made this cutie together! And it was so exciting and the time flew by, and I got to talk to lots of lovely people in chat. Streaming with Nichii made for some of the best times and the most fun memories ❤️ #noai #humanartists #artistsofbluesky

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