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Varethane
@varethane.bsky.social
Canadian comic artist! I make Wychwood ( https://www.wychwoodcomic.com/ ) and Chirault ( https://chirault.sevensmith.net/ )
#webcomics FFXIV acct: @xivsorrel.bsky.social
The brand is Crescent Rendr! I got the 9x12 sketchpad. store.abovegroundartsupplies.com/departments/...
February 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Got ahold of some interesting paper, and drew Rheita from Lunar Blight upon it!

(u can go read this cool webcomic here: lunarblight.com )
February 3, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Many days late to the party, but I have made quite a lot of black and white comic pages and wanted to share them!

There's some slight tinting because some of the greyscale markers I used had slight warm or cool tints, and some of the scanners I used also imparted effects of their own.
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I think I combined a bunch of partially-in-frame backgrounds from a few different cutscenes when I had the bright idea to include that set in a silly comic of my own.... it was so hard to track down anything concrete that I ended up just zooming way way in to avoid showing more than I needed to.
February 1, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Artists, quote this post with the strangest place you've ever drawn:

I'm still proud of this intaglio etching of the Bone City from Chirault!
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Quote post with an old piece that you still like!
January 20, 2026 at 10:26 PM
OC lore train: explain their lore in the worst possible way

Dead elf baby who came back wrong
January 20, 2026 at 3:10 PM
You are absolutely right about that, except the even worse part is that these also aren't mine, because they're actual screenshots (sent to me by static mates).... MY pictures are taken by pointing my (not good) phone camera at my tv screen, because I'm scared of the PS5 file storage system
January 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Gah! O-o-okay, here he is..... I don't really know how to gpose so all my in-game pictures are very awkward, unless they were taken by someone else, so I've included a couple of drawings as well XD
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
LRT: I have a little sample sheet of Beam Paints, specifically a bunch of pearlescent and metallic paints, and they are such a delight to work work-- every time I pull them out I have a great time. (Though their effects are difficult to photograph, I'd need a moving gif showing their shimmer...)
January 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Continuing to mess around in my sketchbook..... drew Emet-Selch #FFXIV

I had a single magenta marker at the time, so it made an appearance.
January 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Finally got around to putting together a 2025 art year in review!

Highlights:
🔹Painted some big fanart tributes to old favourites
🔹still further FFXIV shitposts
🔹100+ Wychwood pages
🔹Lots of conventions (I hope to do more in 2026!)
🔹Preparing, plotting... Chirault Vol 1-2 omnibus... it's coming...
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Having fun messing around in my sketchbook this week! I brought a really weird selection of pens and like two markers, so not much colour will appear, but I can noodle with the pens to my hearts content.
December 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Doodling!
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
seasons
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Oh hey, I hear it's #meetthewebcomic!

I make two of them:
🌿Chirault: a high-fantasy adventure full of monsters and magic
🦋Wychwood: a science fiction post-apocalypse featuring interdimensional travel and conspiracies

chirault.sevensmith.net
www.wychwoodcomic.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
ok I've seen at least 2 takes on Zenos drawn with the reaper scythe but, what about my man Estinien.......
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
also, I'm getting a restock of these stickers, since I seem to have run out completely at Hal-Con... guess that means I need more!
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's taking awhile, but I am trying to update the paintings portfolio/directory over on my hub site..... someday I will make sure every listing is up to date, someday... sevensmith.net/paintings
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
U can even help me offset recent vet bills by getting stickers of the wiggly troublemaker herself.... she needs more treats
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Travel watercolours from Holland! Amsterdam, specifically.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Drew Thancred in watercolour at my Hal-Con table, just... just for myself, haha
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Number 8: portraits! A different style and approach from the fanart, but a lot of fun.
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Seven! Neku from The World Ends With You!
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sixth up: Black Sapphire Cookie from Cookie Run!
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM