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Put together a dry gouache palette! As much as I love plein air painting with oil, I want to do it with gouache as well and this is a more portable setup (plus the painting study dries faster 😅) I’m ready for @justindonaldson.bsky.social ‘s Gouache 2.0 Course 😌🙌

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I’m ready for my 2 year time skip to train in the mountains. While you were captivated by the AI machine, I harnessed my skills in brush mark making.

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1 - « Y’shtola Rhul » from FFXIV. I was lucky enough to have another Y’shtola commission, this time for packaging. I LOVE her. #FFXIV #MTG #MTGxFINALFANTASY #Y'SHTOLA

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4 - « Terra Branford » from FFVI. Packaging illustration. FFVI is such a great game with a fantastic character cast. #FF6 #MTG #MTGxFINALFANTASY

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3 - « Warrior of the Light » from FFI. Character art for packaging. Back to the very first FF, character design was already awesome, I loved working on him! #MTG #FF1 #MTGxFINALFANTASY

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- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed - Final Fantasy XIV x MTG One of the best things to arrive in my inbox : a commission to paint Y’shtola. I loved each minute of the process. Thank you AD Stephanie Cheung. <3

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Artwork - Shallan for Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance - Dragonsteel Entertainment #BrandonSanderson

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I’m at the artist stage where I’m now collecting palette knives….

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It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.

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I was going to wait until I had my website set up before deleting my art Instagram (not posting there now, just looking at artists’ work) but this is just pushing me to shut it down quicker….🤢

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sidurgu and his beautiful son <3 #ffxiv #sidurgu #art #shadowthehedgehogisalsohere

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Artorias the Abysswalker

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I got a write up for supposedly not having a book to read in class. I did have a book (Bunnicula) but had finished it the night before. I asked my social studies teacher if I could go to the library to get another book. She said “No” and wrote me up.

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Highly recommend! I’ve received some beautiful portraits I commissioned of my FFXIV WoL characters and an NPC character from the game ☺️

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I’m feeling out of sorts today so here’s one of my favorite poems: “I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,

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NEW pose reference drop! 💙✨ Life is just better with a sword.

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I already signed up for the feedback seat, but sharing for those who haven’t heard of the cool kids club. All the cool kids learn gouache 😎 #gouache

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Car

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"Sabriel, 30th Anniversary Special Edition" - painted for Daphne Press. Drawing -> Final I'll be doing a print sale for all three of my Old Kingdom covers soon. The mailing list is always the best way to be in the loop: www.tommyarnoldart.com/mailing-list

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Here’s a brief interruption from the chaos that is going on right now. It won’t solve our problems, but serves as a reminder that where the deepest shadows lie, the brightest lights are nearby as well (Also I like cute things) #oilpastel #calicocritters Reference image by @annaglin.bsky.social

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Good interview with Bookshop CEO Andy Hunter - buy books from Bookshop and support independent bookstores! www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...

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Every time I read about some nonsense happening in the world, I remember this nugget of wisdom. (Contains ShB spoilers) Where’s Alphi when we need him. #ffxivshadowbringers #alphinaudleveilleur

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That feeling when making art is keeping you from going apeshit 🎨🌻

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Oil pastel study of a snow figure from last week’s southern snow ⛄️ #oilpastel #snowday #traditionalart

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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating without AI have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

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The wanderlust urge to visit the local bookstore and meander aimlessly until a book that matches your reading mood finds you.

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if this drawing were edible I feel like it’d taste something like

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I am happy to announce upcoming Portrait Painting Bootcamp 2025 This totally new six-week course focuses on the fundamentals and offers a beginner-friendly introduction to classical portrait painting while also providing valuable insights for artists of all levels. Link in profile

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Current mood: craving a Ghibli romanticized and cozy life where I can chill and do art in a third space

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No one asked for this! Microsoft should not underestimate the blank notebooks and fountain pens I have ready to use for my rough drafts. I also have Scrivener which so far (fingers crossed) hasn’t pushed for this.

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I kind of want to do this, but with traditional media. Open to suggestions! #sixfanarts #traditionalmedia

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