Ravenfire's Lair

Brim hat design for Tetia based on her desire to have a hat with two cones! The brim is made of clouds like her special spell, and a Brush Buddy plus Brush Bully because I love them ❤️ I also painted her hair using the same brush as the Starry Night Coco dress. Her curly waves gave off that flowy Van Gogh vibe✨

The hours long painting videos, HD images and PSD Files will be DMed on the 5th of each month on Patreon.com.Yuumei

Ah yes, The MVP of the Proboscidean Clade

Palaeoloxodon (pay-lee-oh-locks-oh-don) was a genus of prehistoric elephant that appeared in Africa during the Pliocene, and spread throughout Eurasia, with populations surviving into the Holocene.

Palaeoloxodon is possibly the largest land mammal ever. Many have cited it as being more massive than the other contender for the title, Paraceratherium. However, the size estimates for the largest species are not yet certain.

(Sources: prehistoric-life.fandom.com)

Tyrannosaurus Rex sketch

Sly Crayfish (Procambarus versutus), family Cambaridae, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA

“Welcome in what can I get you”

“I want a plain black coffee”

“All rights wha-“

“No sugar or cream or flavor or anything else.”

“Okay, got it, wha-“

“I don’t want no caramachmocha flippy-do’s or frappachina-what-it’s. Just. A plain ol regular black coffee”

“That’s great sir, now please wha”

“Just a old fashioned stright up coff-“

and timelapse too, why not 😏

In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:

“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.

“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”

Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.

This one’s for Howlitzer, a belated pride commission that turned into a more complex piece than anticipated. I really like the final result though!