ChrissaBug

Hel and Garmr in Skritchy Inks

Here is a little peek at this month’s happy mail goodies! Hop aboard before the end of the month!

It’s MYTHIC MERMAY!! Here is my take on Amphirite, queen of the sea, wife of Poseidon, and mother of King Triton! She helps calm the sea by calming Poseidon’s temper, but can also cause stormy seas with her own temper. __________

Process steps! Sketch to lineart to rough colors to final. #humanartist

This commission was done for What Blooms from Death by @authorsmgaither

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Whisper your wishes, oh curious soul, for I grant you three—but beware, for the last may take its toll.✨

Here is a whimsical little piece based on a rough pencil sketch from long ago! When I moved, I flipped through a couple of old sketchbooks as I packed them and saw this doodle. TBH, I’m not as great at maintaining a sketchbook as I would like, and what I do draw, I don’t often share. But this sketch was one that I really liked. Therefore, I finally did a digital draw over of it to turn it into a new illustration!

I hope you like her! I think she is cute and probably quite mischievous. Be careful what you wish for! __________

Gratitude

Thank you.💗

I started this piece just before Thanksgiving with the theme of gratitude on my mind. (Yes, I’m very behind in uploading my backlog of art publicly 🫣)

Even though there have been challenges, and the 2024 started off rocky for me, I still look back at it and feel incredibly lucky and grateful, especially in relation to how things have gone with chasing this crazy art dream.

I feel so thankful for every bit of support from you guys and especially from my patrons! You really don’t know how much of an impact it makes on my life, what I’m able to create, and how honored I am to have you here for however long you decide to stay. I wish I could better express in words the overwhelming gratitude that I feel when I think about each individual person who appreciates my work enough to support it.

Nothing I can type really does the feeling justice! So, I’ll just say thank you again and share this piece with you!

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🥺🥺🥺It is silly but I got a tiny bit choked up making this little reel. Never in her wildest dreams did the girl in this reel think she would accomplish all that she will in the next few years! I’m incredibly grateful for where I am now and so grateful to YOU who have been so supportive and have helped make it possible. 🙏 💗 Was it a lot of work on my end, yes, but also if YOU didn’t care enough to look at my work, share it, and learn from the tutorials I put out, I wouldn’t be where I am now! So thank you from the bottom of my heart! 💗

📖 If you didn’t know I had published a book, I have!! It’s called “How to Draw your RPG Character” 💕

And of course, if you would like to learn more from me and access tutorials and art goodies, you can find all of that on Patreon.

Omg! 😳 these SOFT touch prints and sticker feel so ✨LUXURIOUS ✨! So excited to send them out at the end of the month!

In the breath of twilight, dark meets light. 

This is one of my entris for our Faebruary Challenge that hosted for students on Patreon! I decided to go with the prompt ‘romance’ for this one. I didn’t have specific characters in mind as I started working but let them develop as I worked. Perhaps a fairy princess meeting up with the crow prince. As a side note, I love the texture on this piece! Anyhoo, I hope you like them!

𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔞 ℜ𝔞𝔦𝔫

Coronation of the Queen of the Faeries👑🧚‍♀️

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𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓮 (Do you like with or without the mask better? )

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤. 𝘎𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘪𝘹𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘺.

Here is another March of the Faeries piece! The prompt for this one was: Masquerade

I don’t know about you, but I freaking love when there is some sort of masquerade in a fantasy book, game, move, you name it! I feel like it is always such a fun and glamourous setting with an air of mystery for the story to unfold!

Anyhoo! I hope you like this piece! You can find both the masked and unmasked version of the artwork if you look though the stack!

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“The hardest battles aren’t fought with weapons, but with the heart.” ― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

What's this? a little bookish fanart? Don't mind if I do!

I reread Fourth Wing and I remembered my desire to start sprinkling in a little bit more bookish artwork here and there. So here is Violet and Xaiden from Fourth Wing. Just a fun portrait of them together with a decorative flame with dragon designs, violets and a lightning storm in the background.

It can be a little tricky to create artwork for book characters because we all have our own visions of what they look like, but I hope you like it!

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