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Liiga Smilshkalne

@liiga.bsky.social

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Artist from the mysterious and far away land of Latvia. Mostly drawing for Magic: The Gathering these days. Big on shinies and coffee. She/her Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/liiga/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/liiga_s_art

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi #portfolioday ! I'm Liiga and I do freelance illustration.
My focus is on dreamlike imagery and spells, though I'm no stranger to characters and the occasional scenery.

I've done work for Magic: The Gathering, Android:Netrunner, Bella Sara etc.

🎨 liiga.artstation.com
✉️ [email protected]

Illustration for the card "Magma Opus" shows a giant spell in the shape of an elephant that aggressively combines ice and fire magic.

A drawing of a rabbit standing in the middle of a whole lot of sweet peas that have started growing over massive swords impaled into the ground.

A giant green "flower" explodes atop of a tall mountain and streams of green mana wash down its side, sprouting star flowers as they go.

An illustration of the big bad of Magic's Duskmourn set, Valgavoth, enmothifying literally everything. There's a planet inside golden threads and the oceans of the planet are in the shape of a hand and a face pressed against a round glass marble. Going outwards, moths shaped a little like nebulae fly out of their golden 'cocoons', leaving glitchy trails in their wake.

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P. Puck @peapuck.bsky.social · Jan 28

Conker flail 🌰⚔️

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 1d

You were blessed by the leaf! Love your nails

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 1d

Leave a leaf, take a leaf

QRP with a leaf! 🍁

#LeafPosting 🌿🖌️

A photo of a white fluffy cat wearing a beautiful yellow maple leaf as a fascinator. He's not entirely thrilled by it, but not to the extent of doing something about it.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 2d

NOT ominous at all! 🤣

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 2d

That is so perfect

Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 2d

It originally was about Bucha - I drew it to illustrate how his first pedicure went. I sat him on my lap and pulled up the desk lamp and he was so taken by the LIGHT that he didn't care about or possibly even notice the nail trim.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 2d

w/o downloading anything new - where are you mentally?

A digital drawing of two big eyes and a tiny mouth focused on ✨SHINIES✨

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 3d

Making a mental note here, pinecones = rizz

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Keturah Rose @keturahrose.bsky.social · 5d

𝐅𝐨𝐱𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞🍂

Another addition to my personal project of making my illustrations more diverse✨ I've always loved foxes, and I 100% used this as an excuse to draw one, too ❤️
#fantasyartist

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much! 💙

Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! I am a bit proud of those - I don't paint moons or planets very often, so it was something new and exciting to figure out.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 6d

I guess a one time pillow smothering would be fine? 🤔

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 7d

Peter was working on a very important file and hadn't saved for 15 hours. And then the power went out! The End.
That's about all I can think of that fits the criteria.

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Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 7d

It's next to a window that spans the entire wall and I planted it in spring, and we have 16 hours of daylight in summer. It couldn't possibly be that greedy! ...Could it?

Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 7d

That's what I was hoping would happen!! Did you grow them from seed?

Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 8d

It's by far the most entertaining houseplant I have, highly recommend.

Liiga Smilshkalne @liiga.bsky.social · 8d

Once upon a time I planted the seed of a cherry tomato in a pot, thinking that surely it won't grow very large.

Anyway, here I am pollinating the ceiling tomatoes.