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“Traversing the Asteroid Belt”

Crowley and the Universe, illustration 2.

Also there’s some behind the scenes stuff under the cut

This piece took me 39 hours and 58 minutes!!! Not just because of so much detailing that I had to do, but also because I did a major repaint 2 times…..

This was the first attempt, I didn’t like how the asteroids turned out and also the piece was too dark….. I usually draw in the evening with the lights off before going to bed. So the piece looks okay in the dark, but in the morning it all bites me in the ass, because apparently I can’t see shit!

The second attempt was lighter in tone, more colourful and I finally figured out the technique for the background asteroids. But when I started painting the foreground ones, it just felt… odd. As if it was too over complicated for this illustration. So I had to think again about how will I manage this. I’m satisfied with the final solution, though.

In the end, it was a very demanding piece, but I’m happy that I didn’t give up! It turned out good I think!

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"Visiting Saturn"

Crowley and the Universe, illustration 1. I want to try and make this into a series, but no promises haha

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✨ Fell The Marvellous ✨

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Very kind Mr. A. Z. Fell.

Marathoned Good Omens with my friend (I’ve never watched the show before) and,, I didn’t expect the comedy to so funny and good towards the end.

Anyway the lighting in the show is absolutely gorgeous, couldn’t resist painting a shot

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"Nom!"

Decided to draw Connor wearing that one super expensive merch jacket.

We've been covered by snow since the beginning of November, so that means it's winter time for all of my faves too hahah

(Updates and art technique rambling are under the cut)

Sorry for my little hiatus! Like usual, the workload towards the end of the 1st semester gets quite significant. Looking forward to winter holidays to draw my silly ideas and simply relax!💖

Also lately I've been developing my own techniques to imitate the look of traditional art, mainly watercolours in tandem with coloured pencils! The workflow is still not final, but I think even at this point it looks pretty convincing (yup this piece was done digitally in procreate). While coming up with solutions for imitation, I'm studying high-res scans of my own traditional art that was done using the same mediums! I've never done that before, it's an interesting exercise to dissect art in a new way for me, try to understand what makes traditional work read as "traditional" and then try to replicate those key points in digital. Fun fun fun!

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k0Libra print shop OPEN!

Hello everyone! I have exciting news to share - I opened my print shop! Now you can look at my art not only on your digital screens, but also in real life, if you desire to do so :>

Here’s the link , also present on my bio!

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Everyone's drawing autumn these days, so I got inspired and wanted to create something depicting this season myself. And I drew Connor and Hank visiting Tampere! I like this city and have been meaning to paint it for a long time heh.

Hm, what are they laughing about?

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Local carbon-based lifeform has been denying the universe in additional entropy for the past 20 years non-stop by juggling millennia-old atoms in an orderly manner nonstop.

In other words? I turned 20 today! :D

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Phew, this one was not easy to draw! I am satisfied with the final result though. Procreate says that the piece took me 9 hours 46 minutes and 7840 strokes haha.

Hope you like it too! :> he's just chilling

The picture was referenced from one of the virtual photos that @singularity-ps4 posted on their twitter

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i love your civil aviation au, especially as a fellow jet lover! I don't have a specific question, but would love to hear if you have any more thoughts/headcanons about it :)

PS: you have such a beautiful art style!

Thank you for your kind words! :D

Atm a few thoughts that I can share without revealing the really cool stuff that require an artwork hahah!

Before retirement Hank would do transatlantic flights with Connor as FO. He would retire at 58, working for 5 more years after meeting the robot. After that he can finally settle down and even have a dog. The place of choice is Detroir, Michigan. More peaceful compared to Hank's previous residence - NYC, one of Delta's hub cities. Coworkers of Hank and Connor also noticed that after Captain's retirement the First Officer started doing less long-haul flights, switching to medium ones. There's a lot of speculation as to why, the most prominent being that probably FO wants to spend more time at his home for one reason or another. Although that doesn't explain the coincidence.

P.S. Another overall thought is that I myself don't know everything about this au (it'll make sense let me explain). I see myself as the person who just observes lives of people that exist in this au from the side. That means that I can only see, know and illustrate only a certain part of their lives that the characters are willing to show. And it's very independent from me. I like it too, because it really does make the world feel alive, as if it exists by itself somewhere far. In the end, yes, that leaves room for my own speculation too about the characters and events :) 

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Wow your aviation au sounds really cool! Could you tell us more?

Aw thank you! To tell the truth, I can't just answer these overall questions because I will spill the beans about everything lmfao. I'm planning to make full illustrations for the idea that I find very exciting and unique and just silly slice of life sketches about Hank and Connor working their aviation work.

Because I haven't said any new lore about this au I will add a link to a youtube short, which is absolutely Connor off-duty after going deviant (yes, he is not a deviant in this au at the start)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Djyemt5PC4

he WILL get caught by airport workers lmfao. At first they're going to question who tf is this and then "First Officer Connor?!"

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Hi!!!! I just saw your DBH aviation!AU and boiiii, I am already invested?! I work as a ramp agent for an airline and I was literally at work when I saw it and the way everything coincided was so funny, lol! Literally looking out at planes as I type. XD

Im wondering if you had any plans for Kara in this AU, too? I love Markus as ATC, that’s so good, and I was wondering if Kara might be some sort of stewardess or maybe a common vendor model in the airport or something?

And, of course, I have to ask if you had any plans for ground crew, too, since that’s what I do. XD (Perfectly understandable if that doesn’t factor in at all though!)

Anyway, just wanted to say I think your AU is just swell and I love your art on this and other pieces I’ve seen. Keep up the great work! :D

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Hi!!! Sorry for taking so long to reply, I was really busy with my uni studies! Omg actual ground crew noticed this au!!!! So exciting!!!!

Yeah this is one of the problems with this au that it's not easy to place everyone in it (especially Alice lol). I'm inclined to think that other prominent androids that we see in the game are either flight attendants on some of the Cyberair planes (additional bonus to purchasing a plane or smth lol) or are machine workers at Cyberair taking care of customer service and bureaucracy (but secretly they have machine engineers who help humans design aircraft).

I don't think there's any human-like machine ground crew, as these high-end machines are too expensive for such work. It does sometimes look like Cyberair doesn't really count their money, but in fact it's quite the opposite

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Welcome Captain Anderson and First Officer Connor!

About a week and a half ago I came up with dbh civil aviation au, as I absolutely love jetliners. So I decided to combine both of my interests! :D

More details about the setting are under the cut!

In the 2020s, a new aerospace corporation emerged - “Cyberair”. Originally starting from light jet construction, but later in the 30s they introduced narrow-body aircraft to the production line, as the result of rapid growth and market expansion. However, throughout the years their idea remained the same: “Reliable and comprehensive automation”. Cyberair jets are everything, beyond what a modern aircraft can offer, and is capable of. Truly a creation of the 21st century.

The latest Cyberair venture – state of the art autopilot. Identical to humans in its appearance, yet so different in behaviour. It’s efficient, reliable and doesn’t make mistakes (almost. At least human ones). But to tell the truth, this development is expected – ever since the late 20s Cyberair started to slowly announce machine cabin crew, even gifting a unique RK200 air traffic controller model to the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

Delta Air Lines received their own one-of-a-kind autopilot, a RK800 (FAA approved!) model. How? Well, something about the Cyberair CEO liking their service. After a few papers signed and a few hands shaken, Connor embarks on his first real flight as a First Officer.

No plane flies without a captain though, so Connor has company. And a superior. Even if machines are better than people in piloting the plane in almost every way, human ego and fear, maybe, can’t let them be in absolute control. “Uncanny valley” or something.

Captain Anderson is a highly experienced senior pilot at Delta. Most of his career he has been flying Airbus aircraft, piloting A350-900 in the later years. Although because of Connor working with him now he has to pilot Cyberair regional or light jets from time to time. Oh, those signed papers be damned… He misses his dear A350.

Their relationship had a rough start, with the captain calling Connor “an attempt of capitalism at stealing my job”. But Hank couldn’t help but warm up to the FO the more flight hours passed. There was something so… alive about him? No, in aviation you only trust your instrument panel, and here all of the facts loudly state that Connor is simply a RK800. This is definitely some Eliza effect shit.

Why is he so interested in the A380 then? Doesn’t he have all of the aeroplane data neatly stored in his head? What surprises Hank more is something akin to confusion on Connor’s face every time he gets overly excited about the giant of the skies. Maybe he’s surprised by his new-found interest, too. At least there’s something Hank can tell him about from the old days (ah, proud A380 pilot) during long transatlantic flights.

Fucking Eliza effect bullshit.

P.S. if you want to leave an ask about this au, please do! I get asks so rarely so I’m excited hahah. But you can ask literally anything else, too lol

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It's his day!!! Have a splendid celebration, Connor!🥰🎂

Decided to paint him with this month's birthstone (peridot) and birth flowers (gladioluses and poppies)

A bit of behind the scenes under the cut!

The drawing required 3 passes of sketches from me, which I do rarely for personal work. I wanted to give him my best, y'know!

One could see that across all 3 variations there's only 2 poppies - they're in the memory of Sixty. He's a tragic character don't @ me, Connor would honour him.

Also I really wanted to dress Connor up in transparent shirt again - a symbol of freedom and it's also very different from his usual "heavy" cyberlife uniform

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I fell ill, so in between the naps I drew him...

God I wish I had the same timer that told me when I'm gonna recover

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I had a new brush pack for procreate to test. I wanted to draw a stylised yet more rendered portrait than usual. I wanted to draw peaceful Nines wearing lipstick.

So um have this experimental work???

Not sure how to feel about it but eeeh sometimes it be like that...

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Got commissioned by @5-6-7-minus-9-lives to draw these cute fellas.

Aww, just look at them!💖