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zmeess.bsky.social
finally finished a painting i've been cooking in my mind for a few years! shadowgast as The Devil, one of my favorite tarot cards and one of the three cards i associate with their relationship

#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #shadowgast
a painting of Critical Role characters Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast, based on the Rider-Waite Tarot's The Devil. it is styled like a square painting on a vertically oriented tan canvas, with narrow unpainted strips above and below it. a looping leaning script reads "XV" above and "The Devil" below. Essek is a dark elf with gray-lavender skin and short white hair, dressed in elegant long dark robes and a silvery metal mantle piece, with the breastplate shaped like a beetle's back and long spikes curving off of his shoulders, radiating from his neck. Caleb is a light-skinned ginger human, with messy chin-length hair and a beard, wearing a gray tunic with a brown leather coat over it, a thick scarf wrapped around his shoulders. his spell book is just slightly visible at his side. the characters are facing each other, with Essek standing on the left and Caleb on the right. their right hands are raised between them, hovering under and over a floating hourglass that Essek is offering to Caleb; the violet sand in it is equally distributed between the top and the bottom halves and is not flowing down. Essek has his chin raised with a cool expression of confidence, while Caleb is looking at the hourglass with a deeply conflicted face, his eyebrows furrowed and eyes shining. Caleb's left arm down at his side is engulfed in orange flames. above them is the dodecahedron shape of a Beacon, pale gray and iridescent; the pentagonal plane facing the viewer is oriented with one of the corners pointing straight down. six silvery threads weave around it, intersecting at nine shining points, one thread each passing behind Essek's and Caleb's heads, and one each wrapping loosely around them. their figures, dark purple and brown, illuminated by the faint glow of the hourglass and the flame, are silhouetted against a much lighter gray and overcast light spilling from tall pointed arches behind them.
January 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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percivalcosmos.bsky.social
Hot boi #Essek

@matthewmercer.bsky.social
@criticalrole.bsky.social
#EssekThelyss
#MightyNein
#CriticalRolefanart
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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eeliskyttanen.bsky.social
Some dark October forest plein air in Finland.
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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mostlyangrybabs.bsky.social
it's unbearably hot and I don't have my pc but we still drawing our blorbo (with a hint of Nott 🤲)

#mightyneinanimated #criticalrolefanart
December 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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katherinelam.bsky.social
for the new yorker, a mexican couple makes the decision to self-deport, and are forced to leave their kids behind. thank you supriya kalidas!
December 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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konoha77.bsky.social
Last post of 2025!
Thanks so much for all the love you’ve shown my art and plushies this year😊
If anything I made made you smile or brightened your day even a little, that makes me really happy.
December 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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ariadne-mouse.bsky.social
Here's my 2025 art summary! It was a great year and there are so many pieces I'm proud of. Thanks to all who have offered me encouragement in likes, reblobs, and comments :)
A compilation of art pieces in a grid, one for each month of 2025, labeled "2025 art summary". January is Rashinna of the Golden Hammer, February is Caleb Widogast Time Cop, March is the Moonweaver from Divergence, April and the Delta from Midst/Unend, May is a black and white cat laying in flowers, June is Patricia and Goe with the infinite bread oven of Midst, July is Orym drinking beer from Dorian's boot, August is Cleo with a dark mica sword in Unend, September is doodles of the Sentinel from Unend, October is the tortured celestial from Campaign 4 of Critical Role, November is Wick and Tyranny in the style of The Nightmare, December is Heated Rivalry fanart in the style of Klimt's "The Kiss".
December 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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chacharae.bsky.social
🎵 I’m having trouble trying to sleep 🎵

Insomnia still hitting like a truck even after a couple of days of relative rest

So decided to draw some wizards in love and practice some cute poses

#CriticalRoleFanArt
#Shadowgast
January 1, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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konoha77.bsky.social
First post of 2026.

I’m excited to keep creating this year by drawing fan art and making things, inspired by all the little moments that make my heart flutter.😊

#criticalrolefanart
January 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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villesinkkonen.bsky.social
Some old unicorns and yes theyr imaginary, not real extinct critters
January 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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ionomycin.bsky.social
underwater walkway
drawing of an underwater tube with people walking inside it
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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kaeda.bsky.social
A PLACE TO LIVE AND SOMEONE TO LIVE FOR
(6,140 words, T)

It turns out, when a wealthy drow wizard from the upper echelons of the Dynasty moves in with a Zemnian farmboy assassin who spent years on the streets, it takes some time to adjust.

#shadowgast #criticalrole #essekthelyss #calebwidogast
a place to live and someone to live for - kaeda - Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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January 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
zmeess.bsky.social
finally finished a painting i've been cooking in my mind for a few years! shadowgast as The Devil, one of my favorite tarot cards and one of the three cards i associate with their relationship

#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #shadowgast
a painting of Critical Role characters Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast, based on the Rider-Waite Tarot's The Devil. it is styled like a square painting on a vertically oriented tan canvas, with narrow unpainted strips above and below it. a looping leaning script reads "XV" above and "The Devil" below. Essek is a dark elf with gray-lavender skin and short white hair, dressed in elegant long dark robes and a silvery metal mantle piece, with the breastplate shaped like a beetle's back and long spikes curving off of his shoulders, radiating from his neck. Caleb is a light-skinned ginger human, with messy chin-length hair and a beard, wearing a gray tunic with a brown leather coat over it, a thick scarf wrapped around his shoulders. his spell book is just slightly visible at his side. the characters are facing each other, with Essek standing on the left and Caleb on the right. their right hands are raised between them, hovering under and over a floating hourglass that Essek is offering to Caleb; the violet sand in it is equally distributed between the top and the bottom halves and is not flowing down. Essek has his chin raised with a cool expression of confidence, while Caleb is looking at the hourglass with a deeply conflicted face, his eyebrows furrowed and eyes shining. Caleb's left arm down at his side is engulfed in orange flames. above them is the dodecahedron shape of a Beacon, pale gray and iridescent; the pentagonal plane facing the viewer is oriented with one of the corners pointing straight down. six silvery threads weave around it, intersecting at nine shining points, one thread each passing behind Essek's and Caleb's heads, and one each wrapping loosely around them. their figures, dark purple and brown, illuminated by the faint glow of the hourglass and the flame, are silhouetted against a much lighter gray and overcast light spilling from tall pointed arches behind them.
January 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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konoha77.bsky.social
Don’t forget to warm up and dry off properly.
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 AM
zmeess.bsky.social
*draws cartoons like one of your live action movies*

i'm still and forever on that Kryn Drow Are Bug Elves train, so i absolutely had to redraw that beautiful shot with my version of kryn armor!

#CriticalRoleFanArt #CriticalRole #MightyNein
a semi-realistic painterly re-draw of a still from Mighty Nein Animated, depicting Caleb Widogast kneeling in the foreground and looking up at Essek Thelyss, who has just landed on a pile of debris further into the composition, his silhouette stark against the night sky. Caleb is a light-skinned ginger human with messy chin-length hair and a beard, wearing a dark cloak, a patched-up coat underneath it and a long scarf. he is mostly turned away from the viewer, but surprise is clear on his face. Essek is an elf, which is apparent from his long pointed ears, but his body is otherwise obscured. he is depicted wearing dark shiny armor, organic and insectoid in its design. the helmet looks like the face of a cricket, with large glowing almond-shaped eye holes and spiky horns reminiscent of a stag beetle's. the breastplate looks like a beetle's elytra, and the slightly translucent iridescent double cape whipping in the wind behind him appears to be similar to an earwig's fan-like wings. the characters are framed with the remains of a destroyed wall and the floor above, and the night's starry sky looks light in comparison to their shaded figures.
January 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
zmeess.bsky.social
i forgor to post my art summary in 2025, even though i compiled it in december oTL

anyway, better late than never! lots of art in 2025, here's to more in 2026 🎨🥂
#ArtSummary #2025ArtSummary
a summary of my 2025 art, with a close-up of a fully rendered painting for each month.
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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moosefrog.bsky.social
Wizard shenanigans! Essek is right to be scared. Kittens do not make good steeds! #shadowgast #criticalrolefanart #themightyneinfanart
Caleb Widowgast and Essek Thelyss are chibified and riding a grey kitten like it was a horse. Essek is scared and is clinging to Caleb.
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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zmeess.bsky.social
it was high time i painted another good old portrait of our favorite fancy guy Essek Thelyss!

#art #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #EssekThelyss
digital portrait of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, looking at the viewer with a barely-there soft smile and keen eyes, his hands folded in front of his chest. he is a young-looking dark elf with light lavender skin and shoulder-length white hair. he has chiseled features with prominent cheekbones and nose, a sharp jawline, thick eyebrows and violet eyes; his upper lip is asymmetric, the right half being noticeably taller than the left. he is wearing sharp teal eyeliner on his lower eyelids. his hair is artfully pinned back, some strands swirling into two small buns and the rest curling onto his shoulders. he is dressed in a thick voluminous black cloak, the sleeves folding at the bend of his elbows, revealing slightly longer straight wide sleeves with dusky mauve embroidery, reminiscent of the internal structure of ammonite shells; these sleeves in turn reveal another pair of long tight sleeves, with denser embroidery. on top of his robes, he is wearing a piece of decorative organic-looking armor consisting of a short breastplate and pauldrons. they are perlescent white, and the ridges and long spikes curving up off of his shoulders are similar to the shapes of conch shells. the painting utilizes a limited color palette of dusky purples, mauve, grays and pale green.
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
zmeess.bsky.social
it was high time i painted another good old portrait of our favorite fancy guy Essek Thelyss!

#art #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #EssekThelyss
digital portrait of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, looking at the viewer with a barely-there soft smile and keen eyes, his hands folded in front of his chest. he is a young-looking dark elf with light lavender skin and shoulder-length white hair. he has chiseled features with prominent cheekbones and nose, a sharp jawline, thick eyebrows and violet eyes; his upper lip is asymmetric, the right half being noticeably taller than the left. he is wearing sharp teal eyeliner on his lower eyelids. his hair is artfully pinned back, some strands swirling into two small buns and the rest curling onto his shoulders. he is dressed in a thick voluminous black cloak, the sleeves folding at the bend of his elbows, revealing slightly longer straight wide sleeves with dusky mauve embroidery, reminiscent of the internal structure of ammonite shells; these sleeves in turn reveal another pair of long tight sleeves, with denser embroidery. on top of his robes, he is wearing a piece of decorative organic-looking armor consisting of a short breastplate and pauldrons. they are perlescent white, and the ridges and long spikes curving up off of his shoulders are similar to the shapes of conch shells. the painting utilizes a limited color palette of dusky purples, mauve, grays and pale green.
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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dalishrogue.bsky.social
tiny wizards waiting for Santa 🥹🎄❤️

#shadowgast @konoha77.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Caleb was excited and a little nervous to bring Essek to the Zemni Fields for the holidays…and they’re having a wonderful time <3
#essekthelyss #calebwidogast #shadowgast (beans by @konoha77.bsky.social, on holiday in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany)
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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dalishrogue.bsky.social
my weezards from @mightypieworkshop.bsky.social arrived and they’ve cozied up together on the bookshelf 🥹💜🧡 I love them so much!

#shadowgast
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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coorie-doon.bsky.social
More wizards! This time Christmas wizards🎄 Another adorable commission by @cozydalia.bsky.social Thank you so much 💜 🧡 ##shadowgast #essekthelyss #calebwidogast #art
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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piratethextine.bsky.social
The #weezerds venture outside now that the snow has finally stopped! Caleb is bundled up and ready, but Essek would rather be inside with a book and a cat.

#smolessekventures #calebwidogast #essekthelyss #shadowgast
small felted toys of Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss are outside on a snowy day. They are on a bridge, with a black iron handrail behind them. Beyond is a view of a cold-looking river and a snow-covered, tree-lined slope. Caleb is wearing a scarf; slightly behind him, Essek looks like he’d rather be indoors.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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moosefrog.bsky.social
That's a pretty clean desk for a wizard. #shadowgast #themightynein
Essek and Caleb are sitting at a desk. Caleb is sitting in the chair. Essek is half-sitting on the desk itself. Caleb is writing on a scroll. Essek is reaching around Caleb's back to put a hand on his shoulder.
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM