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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open
@rohanrising.bsky.social
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Digital and traditional artist, cat lover, lifelong emo kid, and horror enjoyer - adult (23) Also paradise_Lost on artfight! Some comms open (see ko-fi), feel free to take a look if you like my style! Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/rohanrising
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · 4d
Such a little cutie! Love the precision you have in your outlines, especially those claws - gorgeous work as always!
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · 6d
Guess who's finally baaaack! Got a sudden uptick in energy and sped through the colouring process for this one - hope my granddad likes it 😄
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #natureart #birdart #birds #northerncardinal #cardinal #cardinaliscardinalis
A graphite-outlined coloured pencil drawing on paper of two northern cardinals (C. cardinalis). The male (left) is a bird with a bright red crest, head, and neck, with a black mask-like section surrounding the orangish-red beak, a red underbelly, and a greyish-red tail, back, and wings. The female (right) has spots of red scattered around her crest, neck, and tail, but is otherwise mostly a pale greyish-brown with orangey tones. The female has a smaller area of black and grey around her beak.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · 6d
Guess who's finally baaaack! Got a sudden uptick in energy and sped through the colouring process for this one - hope my granddad likes it 😄
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #natureart #birdart #birds #northerncardinal #cardinal #cardinaliscardinalis
A graphite-outlined coloured pencil drawing on paper of two northern cardinals (C. cardinalis). The male (left) is a bird with a bright red crest, head, and neck, with a black mask-like section surrounding the orangish-red beak, a red underbelly, and a greyish-red tail, back, and wings. The female (right) has spots of red scattered around her crest, neck, and tail, but is otherwise mostly a pale greyish-brown with orangey tones. The female has a smaller area of black and grey around her beak.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · 14d
Holy cow, that looks awesome!! I never got the hang of working in white on dark paper in art class, but I might take another crack at it with this as inspiration 😯
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · 18d
Absolutely adorable 😂
Whale sharks are so neat but so intimidating close up
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · 22d
#otter #caybara
A monochrome fully-shaded graphite drawing of an asian short-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) on a small notecard. A fully-shaded monochrome graphite drawing of a capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) on a small notecard. A monochrome fully-shaded graphite drawing of a capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) on a small notecard.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · 22d
Learned today that semi-frantically making 7 animal drawings in less than 4 hours is very tiring... whoops.
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #africanpenguin #rainbowlorikeet #komododragon #lowlandgorilla #penguin #lorikeet #gorilla
A fully-shaded monochrome drawing in graphite of an African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) on a small notecard. A graphite outlined and fully coloured drawing of a rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) on a small notecard. A monochrome fully-shaded graphite drawing of a komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) on a small notecard. A fully-shaded monochrome graphite drawing of a male western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) on a small notecard.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · 29d
omg tired commuter octopus is everything ^.^
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 28
Some more bees! I'll be back to birds soon, but feel free to drop any ideas for other little critters that might look good in greyscale shading in the meantime!
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #natureart #beedrawing #bees #honeybee #leafcutterbee
A graphite drawing of a European honeybee perched on/in a small flower, rendered in detailed but monochrome shading Two graphite drawings of leafcutter bees of the Mephiles genus. The one on the left is in the act of cutting a section of leaf, while the one on the right is carrying a bitten-off piece of leaf. Both are rendered in detailed monochrome shading.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 28
Some more bees! I'll be back to birds soon, but feel free to drop any ideas for other little critters that might look good in greyscale shading in the meantime!
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #natureart #beedrawing #bees #honeybee #leafcutterbee
A graphite drawing of a European honeybee perched on/in a small flower, rendered in detailed but monochrome shading Two graphite drawings of leafcutter bees of the Mephiles genus. The one on the left is in the act of cutting a section of leaf, while the one on the right is carrying a bitten-off piece of leaf. Both are rendered in detailed monochrome shading.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 21
And here they are!! My mom's offered to buy them if nobody else does 😄
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #beedrawing #longhornedbee #westernhoneybee #squashbee #insects #insectart #natureart
A sheet of paper containing three graphite drawings of bees. The upper left is a long-horned bee, the upper right is a european/western honeybee, and the lower drawing is a squash bee. All the drawings are shaded fully in greyscale, so the colouration of each species is not visible aside from light versus dark.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 20
Didn't produce anywhere near as much as I would've liked to before tomorrow's market, but hopefully this little guy will find some fans
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #birds #birdart #natureart #hummingbird #calliopehummingbird #stellulacalliope
A graphite and coloured pencil drawing of a male Calliope Hummingbird perched on a twig. This is a small bird with a white underside and white breast with grey barring, a greenish-grey head, long thin grey beak, brown wings, and purplish-pink rays of feathers along the throat
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 21
And here they are!! My mom's offered to buy them if nobody else does 😄
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #beedrawing #longhornedbee #westernhoneybee #squashbee #insects #insectart #natureart
A sheet of paper containing three graphite drawings of bees. The upper left is a long-horned bee, the upper right is a european/western honeybee, and the lower drawing is a squash bee. All the drawings are shaded fully in greyscale, so the colouration of each species is not visible aside from light versus dark.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 21
I've apparently pinged into a productivity sweet spot, so anyone interested can look forward to a few greyscale bee drawings later!
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 20
Didn't produce anywhere near as much as I would've liked to before tomorrow's market, but hopefully this little guy will find some fans
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #birds #birdart #natureart #hummingbird #calliopehummingbird #stellulacalliope
A graphite and coloured pencil drawing of a male Calliope Hummingbird perched on a twig. This is a small bird with a white underside and white breast with grey barring, a greenish-grey head, long thin grey beak, brown wings, and purplish-pink rays of feathers along the throat
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 17
These all look so great!! Sent the link to my mom right away (I've been showing her a lot of your posts and she loves them)
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 15
Got 11 days warning on a local pop-up market so I'm scrambling to try and get some more material ready, here's one of my high school campus faves
#drawing #pencildrawing #art #traditionalart #birds #birdart #natureart #magpie #corvid #blackbilledmagpie #picahudsonia
A graphite and coloured pencil drawing of a black-billed magpie. The bird is in profile facing the right of the page and perched on a rock (outlined but not textured). The black-billed magpie is a bird with a dark head and back, strong bill, and white breast and belly. It also has a black rump and dark legs, with its wings and tail having blue and green highlights on the feathers depending on lighting.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 8
Looks great!! That mako's really coming to life now 🦈
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Sep 7
Amusingly, I'd drawn these two chickadees before I joined a few months ago (and before my recent bird kick) as a gift for a friend who'd just recovered from some serious illness, as they're one of his favourite birds
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #chickadee #birdart #birds #natureart
Two graphite and coloured pencil drawings of black-capped chickadees. One is primarily facing left and the other is looking slightly at the viewer - both are perched on twigs or small branches
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Aug 28
Apparently one week later is the new tomorrow! If anyone needs me, I'll be facedown on the floor until further notice (spent 4 hours finishing this today)
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #birds #birdart #natureart #nuthatch #whitebreastednuthatch #sittacarolinensis
A graphite and coloured pencil drawing of a white-breasted nuthatch perched on a tree and facing down the trunk. This is a predominantly greyish-blue bird with a black cap, white face and neck, and brown accents along the wings. Only the back and side of the head of the bird are visible from this angle. The tree trunk is not coloured in, but has been textured in graphite to demonstrate bark patterning.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Aug 28
Apparently one week later is the new tomorrow! If anyone needs me, I'll be facedown on the floor until further notice (spent 4 hours finishing this today)
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #birds #birdart #natureart #nuthatch #whitebreastednuthatch #sittacarolinensis
A graphite and coloured pencil drawing of a white-breasted nuthatch perched on a tree and facing down the trunk. This is a predominantly greyish-blue bird with a black cap, white face and neck, and brown accents along the wings. Only the back and side of the head of the bird are visible from this angle. The tree trunk is not coloured in, but has been textured in graphite to demonstrate bark patterning.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Aug 22
I don't usually post sketches/linework but it's been long enough I figured I'd at least put up a sneak peek of what's coming! With any luck I'll start colouring tonight and finish up tomorrow :]
#sketch #pencilsketch #art #traditionalart
A graphite sketch of a white-breasted nuthatch perched angled down on a tree trunk (note: the trunk itself has yet to be added to the piece)
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Aug 14
LOVE Shark's adventures as always omg
I've never played a pokemon game but I do have a soft spot for all those weirdos that look even vaguely shark-like 😄
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Aug 13
Hey again! Emerging from my cave to drop off a Carolina wren for everyone's viewing pleasure!
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #natureart #birdart #birds #carolinawren #thryothorusludovicianus
A graphite and coloured pencil drawing of an adult Carolina wren perched on a horizontal branch and leaning forwards with its head angled to the viewer's right. This is a bird with mainly brown colouration, darker bars on the wing and tail feathers, and some dark speckles on the breast. The beak is thin and grey, with the parts of the face beside it being white or pale grey with darker speckles. The feathers over the eye have a yellowish-tan region surrounded for the most part by black and dark brown feathers. The throat and breast are mainly yellowish-tan and light brown.
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Rohan (he/xe) | comms open @rohanrising.bsky.social · Aug 9
Always awestruck by your work, this is absolutely phenomenal
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