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Murtagh Esq.

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I like to draw sometimes. Colourist for Red as Blood, hoarder of neglected ocs, lover of aus 20+ 🔞

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Murtagh Esq.

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Best profile I've ever drawn, god don't let me fuck the rest of this up I beg

Line art of the side view of a shocked face

November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM

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I'm overwhelmed in my painting so I'm noodling around his eye and I've managed to make my little micah look so miserable despite his really cool pose

Close up of a stylised eye painted with pinks and purples

November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM

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And the Mist misfits. The Mistfits. The (formally) D class mutants, whose mutations did not make them useful in a fight that isn't a petty scrap. The idiots who died and got better after getting their dna mildly scrambled and jumping up to A class mutants

Portrait of a wasian man. Texts reads 'Sins Of The Father'

Portrait of an Asian woman with a flower in her hair. Text reads 'Horrors Beyond Your Comprehension'

November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM

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4/6 of the current ttrpg 'Judas' squad. The A class mutants with mutations that make them combat competent #artsky

portrait of a white woman looking frightened. Text reads 'The Beast Within'

Portrait of a white man glancing off to the side. Text reads 'Little Toy Solider'

Portrait of a white individual with a half skull mask. Text reads 'Haunted By Your Skeletons'

Portrait of a racially ambiguous woman with vitiligo. Text reads 'Little Miss Expendable'

November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM

Murtagh Esq.

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How your email finds me
#art #artsky #oc #ocsky

Painted sketch of a young man squatting before a wall. He rests his face on his hand, leaving his glasses askew. He's holding a rosary and dissociating

November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM

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Figured out how to use capcut
#oc #art #ocsky #artsky

November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM

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Green and pink painterly portrait of a young man. He's dressed in leather and lowers his pink glasses to look directly at the viewer. He holds a cigarette that's billowing with pink smoke

A painterly image of a young black woman sat at another woman's knees. She looks up at her with love in her eyes as the second woman applies her mascara

A pink and purple painterly portrait of a black woman as a vampire. She's just fed, with rivulets of blood pooling in her collarbone and trickling down into her cleavage

A painterly image of a black woman from behind. She wears a white backless gown, but she's reaching down her back as if inviting the viewer to find and help her with a zip

October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM

Murtagh Esq.

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Happy #kinktober! Day one is #waxplay ft my lovely Char
#oc #ocart #art

Illustration of a tattooed woman laying on her back. She looks at the viewer lazily and satisfied. Wax covers her breasts and trails down her stomach

October 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM

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It's my birthday and I want to look at a lot of new art, so let's do an artshare!
🐚 nsfw is okay, just label appropriately
🐚 human artists only, please
🐚 alt where you can
I'll start with the four pieces I'm happiest with at the moment!
#artshare #oc #ocsky #art #artsky

Digital illustration of a young man coloured in greens and pinks. His hair is curly under a shiny leather beret. He wears a leather jacket, chocker, and a cross. He's pulling down his glasses to look at the viewer. In his hand he holds a cigarette which billows pink smoke.

Digital painting of a black woman with shiny doe eyes looking up at another black woman. The second woman is applying mascara to the first woman.

Digital illustration of a black female vampire in warm and cool tones. She wears her hair as an afro and wears gold hoops and a red velvet dress with a matching opera glove. Her body is turned to the left, while her face is turned to the right. Her eyes are closed and her expression is calm and satisfied. A rivulet of blood falls from her lips, pools in her collar bone, and spills into her cleavage

A black woman from behind wearing a draping white dress. Her back is exposed and she's reaching up over her shoulders for something on her back. She's set against a green background

September 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM

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A commission from the dm of the superhero campaign we're gonna start soon. Love a hench butch
#art #artsky

digital illustration of a hench butch white woman. She wears dark clothes, leaning against an invisible wall. She casually holds a large shield that glows blue

August 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Murtagh Esq.

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Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

A man stares at the viewer in judgment and distress

August 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM

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love us a man that looks like a lesbian

Sketch of a man that looks like a butch. He has curly hair under a beret, hoops, a spiked choker and a leather jacket

August 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM

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Make it exist first

Dream like colour comp of a sketch mostly in purple. A man is sitting with a ladle in one hand. There are three glowing orbs floating by his head. Above him is a leaping lamb with a halo. Blood falls from the lamb's throat

August 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM

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QRP with your oc smiling
My sweet Kayla with her big doe eyes 😌

August 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM

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It's bunny day, so here's a little bunny we caught earlier
#oc #ocsky #bunnyday

illustration of a bunny girl laying on her back, calves on the shoulder of a man kneeling over her

August 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM

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Designing a kitty cat magical boy 😌

A line up of different colour variations of a magical cat boy outfit

August 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM

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I don't think I've posted my little Amei here. My little dumbass mountain girl. A little goddess of healing with a medicinal body. She has like four or five different father figures... somehow. One of them is a giant black dog-deer thing that guides the dead and departed

illustration of a girl with green hair in a white, green, red, and gold outfit inspired by traditional Han, Tibetan, and Mongolian clothing.

August 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM

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Final attack on @nightingaleryder.bsky.social for Aria in their feminine form #artfight

August 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM

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Fifth attack on @ar1su.bsky.social for Oda-lly #artfight

illustration of a ginger elf. She's holding her face and chest in distress. The right side of her hair and face has turned into fleeting and dissipating magic

August 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM

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Fourth attack on @ ImaginaEN5 on af&tumblr of Poppy #artfight

illustration of a girl with a white afro, pink blouse, and blue jeans. She's looking coyly at the viewer

August 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM

Murtagh Esq.

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Mate's making a superhero campaign. Not too versed in the genre, but I'm very excited about using my character as a little dress up doll. Trying to figure out which colour scheme his costume comes in