Finally finished this drawing!

Not my first time using colored pencils and Micron on bristol vellum--but certainly used a lot of new techniques here.

#illustration #originalcharacter #drawing #oc

Blick run for some blending materials.

Two kendo-inspired sketches from sept/oct 2025. I was thinking of making these into woodblock prints, but just got too much on my plate.

#illustration #kendo #sketch #printmaking

Der Täter (the Culprit), Monotype print, 2025.

Plastic Little (1994) may not be especially dense, thought-provoking, or at all possible to recommend (containing many of the OVA era's worst sins), but it's the first thing I've watched in a while that makes me want to grab my tools and draw. It has real passion behind it.

Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you

Guignol, Monotype, 2025. Another work from last semester.

#printmaking #monotype #monoprint

Finally set up a KoFi shop, listed some art and commissions for sale. If you’re interested in what I do, consider giving it a once-over: ko-fi.com/orltn

Put leather conditioner/weatherproofing on a watch band. Maybe overkill, but now it's the shiniest, smoothest band I own...

Longer poses from the figure-drawing session.

#lifedrawing #figuredrawing #graphite

Working on a new piece. Was stuck on the background for ages. Picked up some photography books and figured it out.

#sketch #art

Last night's figure drawing part 1: shorter poses. Contour practice. Enjoying construction lines and reducing things to shapes. I find it counterproductive to think about objects as being foreshortened--it makes them intimidating.

#figuredrawing #lifedrawing #sketchbook #graphite

Posting more printmaking work from last semester. This one is especially important -- the first monotype I ever made.

#printmaking #monotype #art

Messing around with old alcohol markers. Intrigued by the opacity, but still nervous about putting them onto a nice, finished sketch.

Either way, I'm happy they didn't completely give out on me after laying dormant for so long...

#illustration #art #abstract

Kaltes Licht II, Woodblock print on Masa, around 10"x15". From a class in 2025.

Probably one of my most successful pieces of art to date, and I made it largely as a test.

#printmaking #woodblock #woodcut #illustration

Moresnet Standard Infantry, 5"x7".

Figuring out a simpler style for watercolor, and really enjoying the subtlety one can achieve by layering different tones for shading. I do wish the marker I used for the background was darker, though...

#watercolor #illustration

Since I'm new here, another example of what I do -- linocut! Semaphore! Linocut semaphore!

I ended up grinding this out the day before it was due, but the final result was well-worth it...

#printmaking #linocut

Last piece of 2025--Moresnetian Seperatist. Micron and Koi watercolor, around 5x7 inches.

I've balked at serious watercolor for most of my life, but this piece was a real step forward... I'm finding layering colors to be a lot of fun.

#watercolor #illustration