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Harkalé Linaï

@harkale-linai.bsky.social

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she/her 🌱Book illustrator 🌱Magic: the Gathering artist 🌱powered by hot tea, produces cool brushstrokes 🚫no AI, no NFTs, and no pasarán either :) Website: https://harkale.art/ all links: https://linktr.ee/harkale

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · Apr 14

Hi!
I'm Harkalé, a painter and freelance illustrator in love with colours, brushstrokes, and dramatic lighting. At the moment I share my time between painting book covers, illustrating Magic cards, and fangirling about the upcoming Murderbot TV show :)

And now I'm on Bluesky like all the cool kids!

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 29m

Thank you very much :)

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pat | COMMISSIONS OPEN @patsux.bsky.social · 4h

share your couples art! 🐟🦋

Digital painting of a man and a merman, sitting on a window by the beach. The merman is cupping the human's cheek and they are sharing a longing glance at each other.

Digital painting of a gay couple being flirtatious. It seems both of them are a little tipsy off of wine.

Digital painting of a wind fairy kissing the cheek of a flower fairy.

Digital painting of two elf women sitting on a goblet beside a flower vase. They are sharing an intimate gesture and there are small butterflies flying around them.

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 44m

Me too! It's great to see all these cute couples. Also makes me want to illustrate more romance books ^^

Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 3h

Lovely expressive poses! And those colours <3

Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 8h

Oooh, nightborne 💜 the best Warcraft elves

Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 8h

Also, a bit of extra context:
1 "Dreamers", endpaper art for Strange the Dreamer
2 "Warm Embrace", personal art and cover for Luna Station Quarterly
3 "Just so you know", cover for the short story of the same title by Sarah Hogle
4 "Blood Vow", endpaper art for Outlander

Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 9h

Aw, thank you very much!

Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 9h

sooo the covers decapitate women when cropped and the endpapers... look like endpapers, lol. One day I'll figure out a way to make images look harmonious on BlueSky, but clearly not today XD

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 9h

Are we turning this into a trend? Please, let's turn this into a trend!

Share your couples art ❤️ ❤️

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely work, the shapes and edges are 😍

Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, same (about stopping in early C3)... but I also stopped in early C2 before, so maybe the show format isn't for me: it's great but I'd rather be playing at a table than watching other people play ^^

Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 1d

Those colours <3
Also with all the fanart I'm seeing of those new characters, I guess I'll have to give the new campaign a try... at the very least they all look very cool

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful piece, I want to go there <3

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 1d

🇪🇺 and 😍😍😍 too!

Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 1d

Kevin looks extremely cool, but also so does that artwork on the wall <3

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Alejandro Silva @alexsilvart.bsky.social · 2d

Yoidd. Character from my own worldbuilding project.

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 1d

Great work! The broken glass and eye visible through it makes me feel very uncomfortable, which I'm sure is just the right amount of uncomfortable for this piece.

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 5d

And every time I have a full figure in an illustration I do my best to simplify the face so it's painted using only a few brushstrokes that hint at the main planes of the head...

...and it still takes as long as if I had painted it in detail :D