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danielknightley.bsky.social
It's December and that's great for a look-back on what you did this year.

What did you create? Show me your goods!

I've been working on #OrichalcumCup and #FloodedFishin, until my day job and archive site took priority!
Can't wait to pick it up again :D
danielknightley.bsky.social Daniel Knightley - Stop calling it content 🪲 @danielknightley.bsky.social · Mar 14
It's my birthday and I want to share some joy!

Are you making a card based game?
Or did you make your own OC trading cards?
Share them or tag a friend who does!

#OrichalcumCup | #OCsky | ✂️🎲
A collection of 3 hand drawn cards, featuring human original characters. They lay on top of colored pencils. A collection of 3 item cards, featuring a crystal ball, candy ar and cap. A collection of 3 action cards featuring a variety of images. Two have a human character and one has a jailed critter drawn on it. A collection of hand drawn cards. These have buglike animals drawn on them.
December 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
I have to scroll too far in my own media tabs to find art.
Time I make time to wrap up this website and get back to #OrichalcumCup!
August 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Those Monday mornings, am I right?
#OrichalcumCup | #comic | #ocsky | #TraditionalArtist | #DutchArtist
4 panel comic, mostly in gray tones aside from splashes of color important to the characters. Panel 1: two people seem dazed and in the middle of waking up from something, inside a dusty dungeon-like room. Two text bubbles flow into the second panel, reading: "Oh?" And "Awake are we?" The second panel features a bearded man looking down at the duo, saying: "That is very good to see." Panel 3: The bearded man looks at a raised doorway opening, with a silhouette standing there, menacingly. The man says: "They care not for the ones.. who are unable to fend for themselves". Panel 4: a zoomed in look at the silhouette, revealing the robotic face and flaming hair of the person staring at the 3.
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Androids with display face plates always look better once you color in the black bits.
#oc | #OcSky | #Techoid | #OrichalcumCup
A semi colored sketch of an Android person with broad shoulders and a flaming head staring at the viewer.
May 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Apparently never tagged this with #OrichalcumCup
So here we go!

(Also we are reaching 2K, what the heck people)
danielknightley.bsky.social Daniel Knightley - Stop calling it content 🪲 @danielknightley.bsky.social · Nov 11
Folks, thank you very much for the big 1.000!
On the other SocMed sites I never reached beyond ~300, let alone having familiar faces to interact with every day!

I hope you'll enjoy the artwork and weird concepts I'll keep cooking up, and please keep sharing your work with me!
🪲💕
A traditional drawing of a wyvern blasting a team of 3 people with fire. The fire lights up the area, casting dark dramatic shadows. Everything is colored in a gradient from yellow to orange to blue and purple. Pencil colors on fineliner inked paper.
April 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
OC stands for #OrichalcumCup !
bakoon.bsky.social bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · Mar 31
OC stands for "orbital cannon"
March 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Would I Suffice for making two monster related projects?
Sure they are cute monsters a la Pokemon and Digimon, but monsters no less.
#OrichalcumCup and #FloodedFishin
March 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
I'll start us off:
I'm Daniel, a Traditional Artist by circumstances.
The past year I have traveled a lot by train which gave me a chance to revisit some old OCs which I have been putting into Situations via the #OrichalcumCup.
I'd love to see your OCs and talk blorbos!
Victor o'Connor Valentines card, saying "I really DIG you Valentine" Fir Halmstryder chopping wood, traditional art on paper. A wyvern blasting fire at three heroic characters. A reference sheet for a female water mage, Beryl Wilkerson.
March 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Other works and angles of the Wyvern are as follows:

#OrichalcumCup | #OCSky | #OCartist
The wyvern blasts a powerful fire beam at its targets. Adventurer Beryl Wilkerson runs for her life as the Wyvern launches rockets at her.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
It's my birthday and I want to share some joy!

Are you making a card based game?
Or did you make your own OC trading cards?
Share them or tag a friend who does!

#OrichalcumCup | #OCsky | ✂️🎲
A collection of 3 hand drawn cards, featuring human original characters. They lay on top of colored pencils. A collection of 3 item cards, featuring a crystal ball, candy ar and cap. A collection of 3 action cards featuring a variety of images. Two have a human character and one has a jailed critter drawn on it. A collection of hand drawn cards. These have buglike animals drawn on them.
March 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
"I'll repurpose my old Transformers and Robot OCs as antagonists in #OrichalcumCup!"
> Has no idea how to work in the face plates and all technical robot body parts

I'll manage somehow..
February 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
I'll start with the images in the main post;
Victor o'Connor,Beryl Wilkerson and Fir Halmstryder are 3 OCs in my #OrichalcumCup project.
To give them a break from The Horrors™, they are allowed to toss a quick flirt this year!

Who will take you out for dinner today?
A card featuring Fir Halmstryder, a stoic strong man with a viking styled beard and a red fur cloak. Behind him is simply the text "Love". He would like to take you out to a simple restaurant he knows that serves great steamed veggies. A Valentines card featuring Beryl Wilkerson, a water mage with a yellow complexion. The caption says "You are a blessing to be around, -I guess- Valentine". She awkwardly hides behind her staff and doesn't make eye contact. A Valentines day card featuring Victor o'Connor with the caption "I really DIG you, Valentine". With the confidence of a con man he winks at the viewer and tosses in a single finger gun. However he is not wearing his goggles and is blind in the eye he doesn't wink with, so fairly to make any semblance of eye contact.
February 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Are you picking up what I'm putting down?
#OCsky | #OrichalcumCup | #valentinescard
A sketch of For Halmstryder standing solidly in the frame. Behind him, in a thick impact-esque font, is the word LOVE. A sketch of Victor o'Connor with a wink and finger gun, gesturing at the viewer. His caption says "I really DIG you, Valentine" A rough sketch of Beryl Wilkerson clutching her staff, looking very nervous. She seems to admit something reluctantly. Her caption says "You are a blessing to have, Valentine".
February 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
When drawing individual cards it's easy to forget how many I've already made.

So I'm putting copies on repurposed cardboard and sleeve them up, so that they "look the part"!

#OrichalcumCup | #tcg | #Sologamedev
✂️🎲
4 sets of 3 cards are glued to cardboard cereal boxes. A scissor is within hands reach.
December 11, 2024 at 12:09 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
3 cards done!
I think I'll print the next sheets with the names and abilities prewritten, so it's easier to keep track of things.

Who can find the references?

#cardart | #tabletopgamedev | #gamedev | #traditionalart | #OrichalcumCup
3 hand drawn trading cards, named Trade, Dash and High Jump. The Trade card features a pig-like creature in a container, being traded for coin. The Dash card features a young boy in sporty clothes running, surrounded by an orange aura The High Jump card features a girl jumping so high, sun glare catches the camera.
December 1, 2024 at 8:34 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Just because you are the designated Barbarian of the group, doesn't mean you can't have hobbies.
#OrichalcumCup | #TraditionalArtist | #ocSky | #ocArtist | #Barbarian
A drawing of a bearded man with viking-esque clothing is carving something out of a log of wood using his axe. His mantle is made of a red fur/moss fabric and his red shirt has a golden trim. The mud on his knees and general disposition suggest that this man does not care too much about getting dirty. Drawn with a fineliner and colored pencil in a cartoon style, kid friendly.
November 24, 2024 at 8:52 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
I spent my time in Minecraft last week.
It was nice, but does show I should schedule my evenings if I don't want to lose track of my progress in #OrichalcumCup ^^;;
November 17, 2024 at 11:29 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Thank you Gumdrop!
I am working on a tabletop game with card mechanics, so I spend most of my Art Time on drawing and designing my old OC's to fit this new context.

You can check out #OrichalcumCup for more stuff :D
November 11, 2024 at 7:08 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Thank you for the tag Centaur!

My OC's all live in their own little worlds, but I decided to bring them together in the #OrichalcumCup to dust them off and enjoy them once again.

All recent art is for that project!

🏷️ Other artists I enjoy:
@lars.bsky.social
@voyagerdee.art
@fourleafisland.art
The first drawing of Beryl and Victor together in 12 years since their conception. They are looking up at the evening sky, amazed at the strange "100" floating above the clouds. Created to celebrate 100 Bluesky followers. A photo of a sheet of paper laying on top of a box of colored pencils and next to a container of fineliners. The drawings themselves feature 3 cards with 3 characters in an action pose, in their 'native' environment. Victor o'Connor is exploring caves. Beryl Wilkerson is casting water bubble spells. Fir Halmstryder is exploring thick woods. A notebook page with 26 headshots of OC's gathered over 20 years. (There is more where they came from) Each of these characters should be featured in artwork over the coming year.
November 10, 2024 at 9:49 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Card designs get released in sets or 3!
Who can name the references?

#OrichalcumCup | #Gamedesign | #Gameart | #tabletopgamedesign
A photo of 3 card designs in the "Items" category. 1) Eye of Elsewhere, featuring a blue purple eye emitting a purple aura. 2) Fruit Snack, featuring a semi unwrapped candybar with fruity bits. 3) Cupule Cap, featuring the shell of a wild chestnut.
November 10, 2024 at 8:56 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Haha that would be fun!

The general concept of the game would be to keep it open source, anyone able to create their own characters and cards to expand the whole game.

( #OrichalcumCup is not so subtly abbreviated to #OC, which can be read as Original Character/Content )
November 10, 2024 at 2:58 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
I decided on a main color scheme for the Wyvern

#Wyvern | #OrichalcumCup | #coloredPencils
A pencil drawing of a green wyvern with fierce orange wings, roaring at a human in a display of dominance.
November 8, 2024 at 9:54 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
More cards for the card gods!
#tabletop | #gamedesign | #OrichalcumCup
3 sketched "Mob" cards in traditional art. Piñata Plant featuring a bulbous plant in a forest clearing, Swarm featuring many bug like creatures and Scared Mimic featuring a crustation fleeing the scene. Pencils and fineliner
October 27, 2024 at 5:04 PM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Cooking something up, hopefully done before Bluesky decides to toss me to 1k.

#OrichalcumCup | #OCsky | #Sketch
A traditional drawing of a winged dragon blasting fire at 3 people. The shadows are extreme, indicating a strong light source despite no colors on the drawing. It's a closeup, hinting at more off screen.
October 25, 2024 at 8:56 AM
danielknightley.bsky.social
Palette cleanser; Beryl Wilkerson has a ref sheet!

#OrichalcumCup | #OcSky | #ReferenceSheet
A black and white character reference sheet of Beryl Wilkerson, a mage with bubbly hair and water magic. It lists her height and patterns on her clothes.
October 24, 2024 at 12:46 PM