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Oliver 💙

@oliverniko.bsky.social

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♿🌈 | He/Him Soft realism artist with severe chronic illnesses. Both originals and various fandom pieces (mainly FE3H, Tales Of, Zelda and JRPGs). Also a writer. 🔞 Sometimes NSFW: Mainly kink and pin-ups, occasional explicit. #onocs = my OC tag.

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · Oct 18

💙 Hello, I'm Oliver, a chronically ill and queer artist and writer based in the UK.

I'm inspired a lot by classical art, fantasy and my identity, and paint in a soft realism style. I also educate on disability.

Sometimes 18+, mainly pin-ups and kink. I create both originals and fanart; see below!

Shulk and A posed in a dramatic fashion. Shulk, right, has long blond hair and a prosthetic arm, with light skin and a muscular build. He holds a hand up to his head. A is smaller, with tanned skin and light hair reflecting surrounding colours, holding onto Shulk's right arm. They are surrounded by floating purple fabric, Shulk red, and sit on a wall surrounded by plants and boulders. Behind them is in game scenery and plants in a sunset setting.

A digital painting in traditional style brushes, of a cheetah in front of a blurred out tree. It is hit with bright sunlight on the left of its body and cool shadows and secondary highlights.

A digital painting with oil brushes of a white feminine man beneath white and blue lacey bed covers, a hand stroking the chest of an orange and white cat smiling up at him. Niko has navy hair with azure ends, elf ears, red earring and purple eyes. His left arm is scarred by dark magic. A red table is in front with glasses and an assortment of items. Blue curtains with white lace are above his head.

A digital painting with oil like brushes of a tall, muscular Black man, Cyrus, at the beach. He wears red swimming trunks and has matching locs tied into a bun with loose strands and beard, with gold-rimmed glasses. He holds a yellow drink. He is hit with bright warm highlights casting cold shadows. Behind him is a bright blue sunny sky with some clouds, an ocean with rocks in the distance and his little terrier dog running across the beach with a stick, oh yes he is, good boy.

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 7h

Ooh I love that brush too. The new Procreate brushes in general are lovely!

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 7h

So sweet and tender 🥺

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 7h

I love the fierceness of Sylvain's face 💙

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U ru 🪿 @urunosora.bsky.social · 14h

Day 4 - a gentleman in jeopardy
#SylvixWeek2025 #シルフェリ

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 7h

I adore the brush strokes in this, and the horses are rendered so nicely!

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Tasigat @tasigat.bsky.social · 8h

#sylvixweek2025 Journey

Horizontal landscape painting of dense coniferous trees and a rolling hill. A lone barn and a few wooden fences in front of the lush greenery. Two men riding on horses trot along a footpath, leaned towards each other in deep conversation.

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jess 🚂 @8amtrain.bsky.social · 15h

go find yourself or whatever #sylvixweek2025

felix peers under the car hood while sylvain, holding a road map, squints at the camera. the photograph is postmarked enbarr 1951

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 12h

30 minute Cyrus/Niko sketch. Very excited to start painting this. 💙

A digital sketch of a couple. Cyrus, left, is a muscular man with long dreadlocks and small eld ears. He's shown from behind, holding onto the body of Niko, a slim feminine man who holds onto his shoulders. He has long straight hair and long elf ears.

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 7h

Aww I'm glad I was recognisable even in a landscape! Thank you so much, I used to struggle a lot with it but it's a lot of fun now 💙

Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you! 💙

Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks so much! 💙

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 8h

#SylvixWeek2025 Day 4: Journey 🍁

#FE3H #Sylvix #ArtSky

A digital vertical painting with oil like brushes. Tall trees lead a line down the scene, with draping autumn leaves hanging down. The ground is covered in leaves. A white and black horse are ridden by Felix on the left, Sylvain right, looking to each other. They are white men, Felix with navy hair in a small ponytail wearing blue, Sylvain red hair wearing armour.

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 8h

I adore how tender this is. Their expressions are lovely!

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lin 📌PRINTS FOR 🇵🇸🍉 @qiliin.bsky.social · 9h

[ #fe3h | #sylvix ]
(belated) #sylvixweek2025 DAY3: hurt/healing

(2) illustrations of Felix and Sylvain from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, post-timeskip.
On the first panel, Felix is lying on his side relaxed and smiling at Sylvain who's lying across the bed next to him. There are bandaid on his face, as well as scars.
On the second panel, you see the reverse shot with Sylvain's face, his face covered in bandages and scars, smiling gently at Felix. Felix is touching the back of Sylvain's neck with his hand, Sylvain's fingers around his wrist.

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Sadee Schilling @sadeeschilling.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been regulating my nervous system this week and warming up for a commission with this new great-horned owl cut paper #collage. It’s likely one of the only #calmtober prompts I’ll get to, though I’m still enjoying everyone else’s illustrations! #watercolor #cutpaper #owl #calmtober25

Great Horned Owl art by Sadee Schilling rendered in watercolor and cut paper collage. The artist holds the finished assemblage with detailed, layered feathers and textured watercolor washes in earthy blues, violets, and browns. A watercolor painting of a tree in a similar color palette peeks out from behind the owl.

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AdorkaStock - Pose Reference for Artists @adorkastock.com · 11h

You won't be disappointed in this pack. Lauren Ashley has SO much swagger. Get 64 images of Lauren Ashley sitting and being awesome for $5+. ko-fi.com/s/ccd6fc967c

#Pose #PoseRef

Majority aqua graphic featuring a fat white woman in various seated positions. Text reads: Pack alert! Lauren Ashley Sitting pack. 64 images. $5+ Ko-fi.com/adorkastock.

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KJETLL // dtiys pinned! @kjetll.bsky.social · 10h

— oc: salmon /ˈsɑːlmən/
the neon viking

+ alt version in the comments

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah I'm not going to try and appeal this one, some underpaid person who has only a second to look at it will definitely think they're fucking lol. (Cyrus is lifting him up)

Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 12h

30 minute Cyrus/Niko sketch. Very excited to start painting this. 💙

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zack 🖤 comms open @vampbyte.bsky.social · 13h

hundreds, thousands, millions of times — and in each one I seek you, the man with no name

An illustration with a decorative white border. In the center, a large, dark gray skinned man with glowing eyes is lying on his back, and a much shorter man with pale skin and long hair is resting on his shoulder, nude and draped in a dark blue cloth. In the background, various versions of the shorter man are lying dead, with a ripple effect distorting them and the background.

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skeleton king @confusedlucifer.bsky.social · 16h

portrait of Janelle Monáe as elven royalty 🌿
(2018) #repostober

#art #elfenjoyers

painted portrait of Janelle Monáe looking regal in ruffled white blouse based on photography by Glenford Nuñez, with key difference being now they have pointed elven ears.

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Katha @littleroot-rsedent.bsky.social · 14h

[ #FireEmblem | #Fe3h | #Sylvix | #SylvixWeek2025 ]

Sylvix Week Day 4: Journey

Digital drawing of Felix and Sylvain traversing through grassy mountains. In the background is a small village.

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 12h

It was such a pleasant surprise! She began to purr happily after 😂💙

Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 14h

I didn't know Luna was under my blanket until she poked her head out with a chirp 😭

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Selianne 🌙 Comms are open @selianne.bsky.social · 15h

💜Reposts are appreciated💜

Ych Set price - 4 slots

SP1 – 110$ (sketch + flat colors)
SP2 – 130$ (lineart + flat colors)
SP3 – 160$ (lineart + watercolor shading or soft shading)
SP4 – 180$ (painting)

See my other ychs: bsky.app/profile/seli...
#YCH #YourCharacterHere #commissions

Your Character Here commission offer.
The base shows a woman standing in water, with her back to the viewer. She's squeezing water out of her hair. She wears a bath robe. In the background there are waterfalls and wisteria tree.
The text says:
outfit can be changed
selianne.carrd.co
ych

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