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TheRGBvision

@thergbvision.bsky.social

Emergency commissions are open this month. I create fantasy art inspired by books, films, shows, and original characters. Storytelling through art is my passion, and your support truly means the world.

#EmergencyCommissions #FantasyArt #CommissionOpen #BookishArtist #SupportArtists

January 16, 2026 at 7:34 PM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"Legolas Took Up the Bow"
My fanart to LOTR. Mixed media on paper + digital retouch
#tolkienfanart #myart #lotr #lordoftherings #traditionalart #drawing #legolas #lotrfanart #limitedpalette #fantasyart #bookillustration

Pencil drawing depicting Legolas from LOTR books aiming an arrow at Nazgul.

"Legolas laid down his paddle and took up the bow that he had brought from Lórien. Then he sprang ashore and climbed a few paces up the bank. Stringing the bow and fitting an arrow he turned, peering back over the River into the darkness. Across the water there were shrill cries, but nothing could be seen.

Frodo looked up at the Elf standing tall above him, as he gazed into the night, seeking a mark to shoot at. His head was dark, crowned with sharp white stars that glittered in the black pools of the sky behind. But now rising and sailing up from the South the great clouds advanced, sending out dark outriders into the starry fields. A sudden dread fell on the Company.

‘Elbereth Gilthoniel!’ sighed Legolas as he looked up. Even as he did so, a dark shape, like a cloud and yet not a cloud, for it moved far more swiftly, came out of the blackness in the South, and sped towards the Company, blotting out all light as it approached. Soon it appeared as a great winged creature, blacker than the pits in the night. Fierce voices rose up to greet it from across the water."
J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Fellowship of the Ring"

Mixed media on paper + digital retouch

I wanted to do another LOTR fanart, because I haven't done any in a while. There are some mistakes, mostly caused by the fact that I rushed this piece and didn't check out the source before I started to draw, which led to hasty changes. This applies in particular to the pose, which is incorrect (Legolas' hand should support the arrow, so it's placed too low), but by the time I noticed I was unable to fix it.

January 22, 2026 at 7:42 PM

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Natalie

@nataliehall.bsky.social

Enjoying Two Towers when suddenly

youtu.be/uE-1RPDqJAY?...

taking the hobbits to isengard

YouTube video by Aaron Hardbarger

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January 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"Flower Lady (Finished)"
Finished version, inspired by song "Flower Maiden" by Dziwia.
#art #myart #traditionalart #floral #lady #fantasyart #fantasy #flowers #nature #originalart #smallartist #colorful #nymph #fantasycharacter #inspiredbymusic

Depiction of brownskinned woman dressed in flowers and plants, lying among the ruins of a rich house with trees, forest and sun in the background.

It's finaly finished! This piece has quite a long history. I first came with the idea of making it in January, when I was painting my fan art of Varda Elbereth. As I was working on it, I was listening to a song of Belarusian musician Dziwia titled "Flower Maiden". From it I got the idea of creating an artwork of woman dressed in flowers.

The idea evolved in time as I decided that I would like to practice drawing people of different ethnicities. After that I was wondering about the background and what should I put in there to make it interesting to look at. I chose to depict a ruin of some rich house and trees (yes I draw a lot of trees, but I like them). The goal was to convey a message about how nature, will conquer everything and to give it a subtly magical feel. That's why in the background a spring cherry blossom is accompanied by autumnal trees. The Lady herself represents nature and have the ability to make it grow as she wills it.

Originally I've got the ambitious plan to include many species of flowers/plants from different regions and to mix architectonical styles a bit, but that would require a lot of references and time, so I partially dropped this idea. Instead I chose to adorn ruined wall with the 'medieval' style paintings and to add a toppled greek like column. There are some things that could be better like a window for example, but overall I'm quite proud of this piece.

Besides this artwork may be considered my tribute to warm weather; spring, summer and gentle autumn. I'm not a fan of cold and even though the winter has barely begun I already want it gone. So I'm waiting for spring and for flowers to bloom.

December 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM

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やどり Iromyuu.art

@53iromyuu.bsky.social

『 #art #drawing #traditionalart #boar #boarart #fox #foxart #autumn #autumnart 』

November 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"Flower Lady (WIP)"
My newest artwork, still in progress.
#wip #art #pencildrawing #sketch #flowers #lady #traditionalart

November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"The Illusive Man"
Fan art of Illusive Man a character from Mass Effect video game franchise. Pencils, charcoal, markers and acrylics on paper.
#art #fanart #masseffect #videogamefanart #traditionalart #artpractice #theillusiveman #masseffectfanart #masseffecttrilogy #mixedmedia #videogamecharacter

I wanted to draw The Illusive Man a character from Mass Effect video game franchise, as a practice. In the Mass Effect universe Milky Way is populated by many sentient species and humans are newcomers who try to find their place in the galactic community.

Illusive Man is a mysterious figure and a leader of secret organization called Cerberus. They accept only humans and their methods are rather questionable. Supposedly Cerberus and their agents are helping humanity to advance, but in reality it seems that their true goal is human supremacy. All things considered The Illusive Man is a villain, but a really charismatic one. The fact that he was voiced by Martin Sheen also doesn't hurt.

I tried to use the Grid Method with some partial success. Originally I planned to make this piece only with pencils and maybe markers, but I got carried away.

September 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM

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TheRGBvision

@thergbvision.bsky.social

I did some fan art of Xaden and Violet from Fourth wing!
#fourthwing #theempyrean #violetandxaden #xadenandviolet #romantasy #fanart

Fanart of xaden and violet from fourth wing. A woman with brown to silver hair sits in the lap of a tawny skinned male with tattooed sitting on a thrown with a carver dragon on it with shadows around it and out the window is lightning and the silhouette of a dragon.

August 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM

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auggiethebeck.bsky.social

@auggiethebeck.bsky.social

Imb taking mai early mornin nap. Soon tuo be followed by mid mornin nap ware Iz mite change spots!

September 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"Cat Sketch 2"
Another practice doodle of my cat. Little smudgy.
#art #cats #catart #traditionalart #sketch #pencildrawing #kitty #artpractice

September 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"Melisandre of Asshai"
My fan art of Melisandre. Traditional + digital retouch
#asoiaf #asoiaffanart #traditionalart #art #melisandreofasshai #melisandre #mixedmedia #alcoholmarkers #ballpointpen #acrylics #coloredpencils #witch #bookcharacters #asongoficeandfire #fanart #fantasyart #sorceress

Depiction of a red haired woman dressed in red with fire coming from her hands.

My fan art of Melisandre of Asshai a character from A Song of Ice and Fire. She's a sorceress and the priestess of god R'hllor also known as Lord of Light and the Heart of Fire among the others. Melisandre comes from the city of Asshai a mysterious place known mostly as a location where one may gain forbidden knowledge and powers.

Main task of followers of R'hllor is preparation for an apocalyptic event called the Long Night that is prophesized to come again and searching for Azor Ahai reborn. Azor Ahai is a legendary hero who supposedly ended the first Long Night. Melisandre believes that king Stannis Baratheon is new Azor Ahai, so she comes to his court and convinces him to turn away from the squabbles of ordinary men and to prepare for the things to come.

Despite her good intentions Melisandre is one of the most morally ambiguous characters in the series. Religion of R'hllor is based on the notion that stopping the Long Night requires some extreme sacrifices, including burning people alive. Under her influence king Stannis starts to punish those who displease him by executing them in that manner and doing other unsavory things.

Like all followers of Lord of Light Melisandre has fire powers and an ability to see visions in flames. On my picture her robes, hair, figure and fire coming from her hands form the shape of a fiery heart, which is a symbol of R'hllor. In that way I wanted to show Melisandre's devotion to her god.

September 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"Lady of Blood and Ruin"
Depiction of my Original Character. Made with acrylics, charcoal, alcohol markers and colored pencils on paper.
#art #myart #originalcharacter #oc #fantasyart #horror #sunset #twblood #twbodyhorror #originalart #warrior #witch #ocart #ocsky #traditionalart #mixedmedia

This picture shows a woman floating in the sky against a red sunset. She's dressed in tattered red robes and chain mail she has scarred face and no eyes. There is a sword in her hand.

Depiction of my OC who's an immortal witch that draws power from blood (including her own) and communicates with ravens/crows. At some point she underwent a sort of magical transformation or perhaps resurrection. Before that she was a mercenary, so she wears some elements of armor. Of course a chain mail that is torn right where the heart is, doesn't seem like a good protection, but I wanted to show her invulnerability as she doesn't really needs armor.

While making this piece I made a mistake and chose a thin paper that crumpled when I applied acrylic paint, but at first I thought that maybe I will be using mostly alcohol markers. Beside that scanner didn't get colors properly and I did some retouches in Gimp and Paint.

For reference I used my old artwork of this character called "Late Hour", a photo of a sunset and poplars I took in January and photo reference "Female Cocky Walk with Cutlass Pose" by @theposearchives on DeviantArt.

August 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM

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Vue

@creativecadre.bsky.social

TGIF!
Hello friends!
Siber our Siberian cat wishes you a great day. He doesn’t talk like his companion Saba but he does tricks. 🙀

#Cat #Cats #Caturday #CatSky #CatsOnSky #CatsOnBlueSky #CaturdaySky #CatInBlueSky #FurBabies #Animal #Animals #AnimalSky #Pet #Pets #PetSky #CatPics #siberiancats #cute

August 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"Maid with Purple Serpents in Her Hair (Remade)"
I remade my old artwork.
#asoiaf #art #asoiaffanart #sansastark #traditionalart #astormofswords #painting #acrylpainting #beginnerartist #acrylics #asongoficeandfire #fantasyart

This painting depicts Sansa Stark a character from Asoiaf. She appeared in a vision as a "maid with purple serpents in her hair". I potrayed her in a hairnet made of snakes, because she wears a hairnet at some point and it's relevant for the plot of the book.

August 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"Sansa at King's Landing"
#art #myart #asoiaf #sansastark #asoiaffanart #traditionalart #fanart #alcoholmarkers #coloredpencils #ballpointpen #drawing #beginnerartist

August 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"The Well Below the Valley" (English/Irish ballad)
#art #myart #traditionalart #illustration #inspiredbymusic #folklore #folkmusic #ballad #alcoholmarkers #paintingdrawing #beginnerartist #coloredpencils #acrylics #ballpointpen

"The Well Below the Valley" is an Irish variant of medieval murder ballad called "The Maid and the Palmer", which was published in several anthologies including the famous "Child Ballads". It is speculated that the song was inspired by the story of the woman at the well from the Bible. Due to its dark subject matter (infaticide and incest), it was considered unlucky by folk singers, who didn't want to perform it. The ballad was presumed to be lost in oral tradition in all British Isles.

However in the sixties it was discovered, that some irish tinkerers still sung it . The Irish band Planxty popularised this ballad under the name it is known today, and since then it was covered by many artists.
Despite the disturbing lyrics I find this song strangely beautitul, so I decided to make an illustration to it.

I used several references such as: "Farmland at Dunloe Lower" by David Medcalf, the 15th century painting "Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well" by Juan de Flandes and "Old Male Body - Reference photo pack" by @ReferencePacks .

July 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM

SeventhWall

@seventhwall.bsky.social

"A Couple of Flowers"
Yet again I drew some flowers as practice.
#art #traditionalart #flowers #myart #floral #plants #mixedmedia #alcoholmarkers #coloredpencils #acrylics #ballpointpen #beginnerartist #artpractice

July 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM

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Bjørn Larssen (he/him)

@handle.invalid

#WorldBuilding challenge:

In the #WhyOdinDrinks series, I take something from #NorseMythology and then basically try to figure out what it would become if Sir Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams turned it into a 1980s BBC comedy series.

(PLEASE don’t learn Norse lore from those books. I BEG.)

𝒫𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒫𝒶𝓇𝓀ℯ𝓇 @philspeculates.bsky.social · Jun 24

#Writers #worldbuilding challenge - tell a story from the folklore of your world.
We call them fairy tales, fables, children's stories, myths - they often contain a nugget of fact or an accepted norm, with the story wrapped out it. Tales told around fires.
#writingcommunity