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Another year, another Draw Everything June challenge! It's fascinating to me how, no matter how many of these I do (and this is the ninth year in a row!), every year's challenge is a struggle. Of course it's a literal challenge, but you'd think at some point, if you do it long enough, it'd get easier. :'D
But I'm happy with my drawings and it feels good to keep my skills sharp.
#draweverythingjune2025#dej2025#draw everything june 2025#adorka stock#poses#pose studies#phier#pencil drawings
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CRIES IN RAINBOW
#couldn't resist working on it some more#it just want reading well when i tried using it as an avatar#figured out what the issue was#a little bit at least#its softer now but also kinda lost its inital WOW effect#oh well#its all a tradeoff somehow#mahariel#phier#thefailureartist#dont look at me#im NOT ashamed#this is my art blog i'll post as much of the same picture as i want#dragon age#dalish warden#yes i edited it again#yes ive lost count#no i dont know if this is the final version#yes i am no very very tired of this piece#so much for having fun#cant have shit in detroit and by detroit i mean in my own damn head#fuckfuckfuckfuck#mywrist hurts this is for sure the tenth god damn version
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#my baby girl#i love her so much#i missed painting her#im glad i finally got to mess around with her again#it's hilarious how i cant draw her the same way twice#there's always sOMETHING different#but i feel like this is at least closer to her face than it usually is#had a lot of fun messing around#i refuse to feel guilty for not making a polished structurally sound piece#yes i bashed it silly with gradient map and no color theory#I AM HAVING FUN#and i love it#mahariel#dalish warden#thefailureartist#dragon age origins#phier
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Week 4 of #pleinairpril! Pivoted to watercolors and gouache since it not only allows, but encourages me to work quicker. It's been very satisfying!
#rare traditional art from me here#usually not a fan of watercolors in particular#but ive been looking at a lot of old watercolors#especially flower paintings#so i was inspired#pleinair#plein air#plein airpril#plein air challenge#traditional art#water color sketch#gouache#landscape painting#enzian#watercolors#phier
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Riverside (Reprise)
#the only thing that's fun to me anymore is wildly bashing heavily textured brushes around#so thats all my art is right now#and im FINE with it#i will always prioritize what makes me want to do art opposed to what i want it to look like#process over product always#phier#digital art#mahariel#forest#thefailureartist
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Week 3 of #pleinairpril complete! Took it easy this week but I did stay quite consistent with my subject matter! :)
#pleinairpril#plein air#plein air painting#landscape painting#digital art#digital painting#phier#thefailureartist
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Finished Plague Tale: Innocence yesterday....
#amicia bby#epitome of big sister syndrome#it makes me so angry that she has to take up all this responsibility and take care of a kid she barely knows#also kinda whack how the writers repeatedly try to frame it like oh he'll save you#oh amicia actually needs him just as much etc#she really really doesnt#that melie line makes no sense#like yeah#arthur saves you too because you guys are almost the same age melie#hugo is literally 5 years old he can not save or support amicia the way the writers seem to insist he can and does#bro what#amicia de rune#hugo de rune#plague tale#plague tale: innocence#fanart#phier#thefailureartist
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Week 2 of #pleinairpril complete! Struggled a bit more this week and I've decided to slow down a bit going forward, to give myself a break so I actually have the energy to continue until the end of April. But I'm happy to have pulled through so far and did more actual plein airs.
#pleinairpril#plein air april#plein air#plein air painting#landscape study#phier#digital art#thefailureartist#digital painting#photostudy#landscape#landscape painting#lots of rooftops this time#but that's just the view i have#don't really have time to go out to paint during the week
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Week One of Plein Airpril complete! I'm so happy to be doing daily studies again. Trying a lot of brushes and different kinds of approaches.
#pleinairpril#plein airpril#digital art#digital painting#landscapes#landscape painting#studies#photostudy#plein air#one is actually a for real plein air view from my window#so i dont feel too guilty about the rest#though i would love to get more opportunities to go out and paint#its just hard to do that digitally...#phier#thefailureartist
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These came to me while I was napping the other day. Never got up from a nap so fast. I feel really drawn to vibrant, biting colors lately.
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Thought the forest fire studies were going to be a longer series, but then I dropped the idea that made me do them in the first place. ^^'
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Your art is absolutely stunning, you’re so talented. What a way with light!
Thank you so much! <3
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The idea for this piece has been simmering in the back of my head and in some sketchbooks for YEARS, so I finally bit the bullet and actually painted it. It's also influenced by Paramore's song Misguided Ghosts, which has always been one of the main songs I associate with Mahariel. It fits the Dalish Warden Origin so well. 💙
#phier#thefailureartist#dao#dao fanart#dragon age origins#da:o#dragon age#dragon age fanart#mahariel#dalish warden#dalish origin#digital art#dalish elf#grey wardens#misguided ghosts#mabari#the whole team's here :)#this was probably the most ambitioius piece ive done in a while#had to crop the canvas because i got overwhelmed#but im still proud of it and like it a lot#wynne#alistair#sten#zevran#leliana#laie mahariel#shale#oghren
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#rediscovered the mixer brush (AGAIN)#i keep forgetting it#and how it works#but man it's always so fun to paint with#phier#portrait#black and white#body horror#tw: body horror#thefailureartist#digital art#tw: body image
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Had a lot of fun sorting out my collection of brushes. I've been trying to put the joy of the process above my expectations for the finished piece an it's really fulfilling!
#mahariel#dalish origin#yes this is before the incident#no way she'd be this carefree and at peace otherwise#just taking a little break from scouting/hunting#i love morning light so much#laie mahariel#dalish warden#dalish elf#digital painting#digital art#phier#thefailureartist#forest#woods#trees#digital artist#artists on tumblr#it's a mess#but its MY mess#and i had a lot of fun#also all this texture makes my brain go weeeeeeeeee#dragon age origins#dragon age#da fanart#dragon age fanart#da art#dragon age: origins#da:o#da: origins
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Forgot to post this! Gilly having some dirt time for @themaybug ! My one and only contribution in this year's Art Fight :')
#gilly#bg3#gnome#dirt time#bg3 character#dnd character#digital painting#digital art#phier#thefailureartist#artists on tumblr#lately i'm just trying to have fun with my art#which means it's getting sloppier#but i'm trying to not let that faze me#forest
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Swiss Spring Scenery Studies
#rapsfield my beloved#spring would not be the same without you#i used to number my photostudies#but i lost track somewhere after hundred#and honestly whats even the point#these are really just for me to test out my brushes#i really need to sort them out and delete a majority#phier#scenery#photostudies#landscape painting#digital art
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