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Bleeding Sun

Absolutely cool commission for @grimae of character Zenobia; dragon but also the sun. I had great time to work with this, it's something that cannot be scanned well as I used gold leaf (not real gold sadly but actual metal) for the face and claws, other shiny golden parts are golden Coliro Pearlcolors, the rest is a mix of ink, liner pens, colored pencils, copic markes, Posca markers, some happy accidents and hard work. Gold leaf gives a nice surreal effect for the face that is there but kinda hard to see sometimes, as it was the sun as well.

Some photos to give an idea that this thing is the best viewed in person:

Bonus freehand no ref -doodle of Zenobia, the only thing that is better than the final art:

bought @grimae ‘s Face of a Dead Sun art book and it is a GORGEOUS book.

was literally foaming at the mouth waiting for it to arrive. beautiful art and the story had me so invested!!!!! probably one of my favorite art books in my little collection.

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated

lots of my original art to be honest :)) especially the Paravastora stuff.

Long live the Istrati 🖤🌞

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Not much to add to this, really. Art is hard work and takes a lot of knowledge and skill, skill that takes years to develop. In the past painters would call themselves ‘craftsmen’ rather than ‘artists’ because that’s what they saw it as - a craft.