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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #portfolioday,

I'm Ren, A character and prop designer coming off 8+ years in animation looking to break into the TTRPG, game, and comic book industries!

My style is highly variable and I love the challenge of learning new ones!

📧: [email protected]
🎨: rufong.wixsite.com/renfongart

Digital art. A study of Daphnis et Chloe by painter Camille-Felix Belanger. It features a tall woman with horns kneeling at the side of another woman sitting on a stone bench with her arms draped over the kneeling woman's shoulders. They look into one another's eyes deeply, lovingly. It is Josephine and the Inquisitor from Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Digital art. A character sheet for an elven player character from Dragon Age: The Veilguard. They are tanned, short in stature and athletic in build. There is an example of their regular outfit as well as facial expressions and a hint of their firey personality, and flat designs of their tattoos.

Digital art. A character sheet of Charo Tiber, a tiefling cleric player character from Baldur's Gate 3. She has soft curves and wide hips, purple skin and two small curved horns capped in gold accessories. She wears three outfits, each showing off her feminine clothing preferences and an assortment of her daily items and accessories.

Digital art. A simplistic rendering of Moonrise Tower from Baldur's Gate 3. It is moody and dark save for the illumination at the bridge.

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 8h

Does anyone else watch The Amazing Digital Circus? Are we making self-insert OCs for that or...?

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#TADC

Laughing Nervous Fake Laughter GIF

ALT: Laughing Nervous Fake Laughter GIF

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𝖘𝖕𝖔𝖔𝖐𝖞 𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖒 🎃 @teradiamart.bsky.social · 19d

I don't think motivating people to move to other platforms to avoid the stupid censorship rules is a good solution. Quite the opposite. There is NO SAFE space for artists nowadays, if we don't fight back this will only get worse and worse

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 12h

(Baha you're asking the WRONG person my friend. But you know what? She's down.)

💚 Thank you so much!

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Az Grim @azgrim.bsky.social · 2d

Sharktober '25 - 07 Tropical Shark
#sharktober2025

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MarMar @marmaruu.bsky.social · 2d

The animation as promised ^^
[ #hades #oc #animation ]

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 1d

Day 07 - Tropical Shark

She’s vibing.

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#Sharktober #Sharktober2025

Digital art of a simplistic rendering of a pink hammerhead shark with leafy palm fronds as fins. It is bright and garish but the shark looks serene.

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Noirsnow @noirsnow.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Witch, personal work

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like some good old-fashioned burnout. 🫴💚 I'm not gonna forget you but you deserve to lay in the ground and rot gently for a while, if that's what you need. Be kind to yourself, yeah?

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 1d

ok ok but I'm obsessed with how you've draw their faces the lines are just so.... ✨perfect✨

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! Haha I'm not an animator so I struggled with this for far too long 🤣 But I definitely want to do more

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Creative-Caro @creative-caro.com · Jun 24

I am just here to look at your shrooooms~

If you see this post some fungis!

I did draw some new art! Some nice mushrooms and some eye staring at them. #illustration #fungifriend #sciart #naturart #natureillustration

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 2d

Can I offer you a water genasi in these trying times?

(Eddy won't help, but they will flirt with you.)

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#ocsky | #dnd | #dndoc | #ttrpg

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 2d

My absolute pleasure 😌🩷 They love not wearing shirts and looking cool and/or beautiful

Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! On both counts 😌

Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 2d

Can I offer you a water genasi in these trying times?

(Eddy won't help, but they will flirt with you.)

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#ocsky | #dnd | #dndoc | #ttrpg

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 2d

Uni the Hutt?

A black and white cat sits with a serious expression, his face slightly puffed up

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 2d

fr fr I was in the process of looking at moving to Ireland when the panini hit and the more I see the more I'm like "hahah oh I guess I really should have tried harder huh?"

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mofusand（ぢゅの） @sharkcat.bsky.social · 2d

ぽかぽか

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 3d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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💋 𝕡𝕒𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕜𝕒 • ♱ @ladypaprika.bsky.social · 8d

"Using reference is cheating, Tracing photos is cheating...."
Some people are constantly competing with other artists, and it REALLY shows.
Do we need to remind you that this is NOT a competition? Everyone has its own struggles.
Just don't steal other people's art, claiming it's yours and we good

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Murk @ginkgogoes.bsky.social · 3d

Graphite drawing of a small shrimp sitting on a chair.

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 3d

You're so right.

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PaulDrawsArt 🎄 @pauldrawsart.bsky.social · 3d

I forgot I had a bsky;

In case you missed it was asked by the lovely people over at PokeDoku to design a puzzle there on Friday

And I did this drawing to go with it!

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Sockie 🦈✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 3d

1. Pick a cool pose
2. Grab 3 references from Hades of your fav charcters
3. Note what makes the style iconic - shading patterns, lineart colouring, how angles are drawn vs. soft curves etc.
4. DO IT 😌

(I say this like I haven't been planning to do it for ages and just NEVER HAVE ahahahaha)

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