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The Hierophant

Ink and marker on 9x12” bristol paper, digital editing

The composition on this is a hot mess, but it was a lot of fun to work on and really stretched my comfort zone style-wise. Not sure if I’ll continue these with the other three, although I already picked out which major arcana I’d use for each of them, so honestly I might as well, right?

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I’m so thankful for all the positive responses people have had to this series! The Sleep Token fandom here on tumblr is honestly so wholesome. As a fun lil peek behind the scenes, here are all the original sketches right out of my sketchbook, before they got edited into something actually presentable lol. I think my favorite part is the random question mark at the end of the text for Gods that had to get fixed in post 😅

(Also yes, the lighting in my living room really is that aggressively yellow, it’s cozy irl but awful in photos)

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In a city of ice there are burning cathedrals / Turning the skies into glass

Aaaand the Sleep Token lyrics drawings come to a close! Ending it with one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite songs of theirs. Ignore the fact that it’s a bunch of Eden imagery for a song that’s actually off TPWBYT lol. This series was so much fun, maybe I’ll revisit it sometime!

Materials: Dip pen with black and red ink, micron, white gel pen, digital manipulation to invert text color

[Here are the other drawings in this series]

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And I'll be full of the love you want / No matter what, forevermore

I’m almost done with this lyrics drawing series! I have one more planned and I think I’ll wrap it up there, at least for now. This challenge has really helped me get out of an art rut and explore new styles, which I needed desperately. Now I’m just trying to decide if a tarot series would be too ambitious 😬

Materials: dip pen, black and red inks, micron, digital manipulation to invert text and frame color

[Other drawings in this series - TMBTE • Jaws • Gods • Ascensionism • Aqua Regia]

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The perfect start to a perfect war / Putting down the roses, picking up the sword

Took a little break while I was visiting family, but we’re back at it again with the Sleep Token lyrics doodles! I really wasn’t feeling this one on paper, but once I got it into Procreate I managed to tweak it into something I’m decently happy with. I’m definitely getting more comfortable with the hand lettering tho!!

Materials: dip pen and india ink + red and gold acrylic ink, micron pen, digital manipulation

[Other drawings in this series - TMBTE • Jaws • Gods • Ascensionism]

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Diamonds in the trees / Pentagrams in the night sky

Switched up the style a little bit for this one, but the Sleep Token lyrics drawings continue! This was fun but I think I’m gonna go back to the more minimal/linocut inspired style I’ve been using for the others.

Materials - dip pen with black india ink + red and gold acrylic ink, white gel pen, micron pen, marker, digital editing to invert text and background

[Other drawings in this series - TMBTE • Jaws • Gods]

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No more taking chances / No more teeth to bite with

Three drawings in, and this is the longest I’ve stuck with a themed art challenge in a while lol. This one was fun, I drew it entirely inverted with black ink on white paper!

Materials - dip pen and ink, digital manipulation to invert colors and clean up text

[Other drawings in this series - TMBTE • Jaws]

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Part 2 of the Sleep Token lyrics drawings! I’m getting a little more comfortable doing this style of lettering, but there’s still a long way to go 😬

What song should I do next?

[Part 1 - Take Me Back to Eden]

Materials: dip pen with black and red ink, digital manipulation to invert colors + clean up text

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I’ve been focusing more on original art and illustrative/non-character based stuff lately (and haven’t been posting any of it lol), but I’ll always make an exception for Sleep Token fanart 🖤

Materials - dip pen and ink + micron and white gel pen on paper; digital manipulation to invert the frame colors, clean up the text, and add texture

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I’m DMing again so that means more dnd art! Here’s a character the party met in a haunted wasteland. They’re a gardener and the party named them Friend

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PSA: go grab your sketchbook and make some earnestly and unnecessarily edgy fanart that would make your 13 year old self proud, it’s good for the soul

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It’s been like 8 months since I’ve posted anything to the hellsite… here’s a portrait of my horrible awful unhinged son

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a lil study/redraw of a sketch i saw in an art museum the other day 🤠

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Sly is currently having to deal with the inevitable consequences of his own actions, and he’s not having fun with it

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I’ve been doodling random characters and keep falling into the age old dilemma of “should I use them as an NPC or keep them for a PC in some potential future campaign or make them a non-dnd-related OC”

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Messing around with some different styles for Sly, ft. lyrics from “Bronco” by Orville Peck because that’s basically the only album I’ve been listening to since it came out

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this was supposed to be a quick photo study but it got quickly out of hand lol