The sleepy sketcher

25/09/2026

24/09/2026

No.3 of my sweet maiden cards.
Meet The Longing Lady.

I loved the foliage on this one.. the colours are so bright and I tried to lean into it rather than hide from it. Did you know that life was not as dull and gritty as our beloved historical programs make out?
People have always loved colour, and in a time where craftsmanship was celebrated, it could be found everywhere in the most beautiful and gaudy ways.

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23/09/2026

No.2 of my first go at ACEO's - this is The Musing Maiden.

I had fun with this set working in opposite complimentary colours... so the last one was purples and yellows, and this time we have oranges and blues.

This is not my favourite of the four, bur i did have alot of fun with the jesterlike cone headdress and the veil.

22/09/2026

Hello, im back!

I have taken to the idea of making cards.

As a big fan of Magic The Gathering and other tabletops, and someone who has been looking for a faster traditiomal art form than oil painting.. i seem to have fallen inlove with tiny Gouache paintings.

I have started off with four historical ladies gazing out their tower windows. The first being this pretty purple pining princess!

My plan is to just have fun at the end of the day... but if I get into this, would anyone here be interested if I auctioned off my originals, and sold printed editions for cheaper?
Let me know if you're interested or know more.

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Do hashtags still work on this app?

01/06/2024

Starting off Pride Month strong with some sapphic longing!
I will be attempting to post LGBTQIA+ art (dnd related, fanart, my own etc…) all June!

This is a flash back of my dnd character Hera (a raised religious soldier and heir) and her ex girlfriend Robyn (a rising performer and activist) - a couple who loved through their differences until everything went too far… the other players in my group are hoping one day they will reconcile. Who knows?

For now Ill just make cute art of them to make myself feel better!
The pose was inspired by a photoshoot I saw of Katy Obrien and Kirsten Stewart! Awesome people.
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30/03/2024

“We’re all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.”
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I have stopped commissions temporarily so I can focus on honing my skills and working on more traditional pieces! However, to scratch the character design itch, I have been creating fan art for my fiance’s homebrew dungeons and dragons campaign, inspired by the mid-episode character cards of his fave anime Full Metal Alchemist!

Welcome to the chronicles of Avora.
All credit other than the drawing itself Goes to: .uncool

Meet Adam Darkmoore - Aka: A polymorphed three headed dragon and the manifestation of the sin Greed.
There was a fantastic scene when we was first revealed to us fully - his warlock had tried to break their contract and take control of him, herself. This in turn revealed her true nature to her nephew (one of the players) who was also (at the time unknowingly) trapped in this arrangement too)… this triggered a tense battle of will between them both before Greed ultimately was about to win before being interrupted by the player character breaking up the fight with a necklace of fireballs. *just dnd things*😂

The whole time there was these spectral chains connecting them all and it heavily inspired this piece, especially after I found a brilliant reference image of the kubrick style stare!

This is another faveourite within our group, and we have only recently defeated this madman (we think)…

Scroll for the boarderless version!
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❤️

26/03/2024

The Fragmented Freedom Fighter
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I have stopped commissions temporarily so I can focus on honing my skills and working on more traditional pieces! However, to scratch the character design itch, I have been creating fan art for my fiance’s homebrew dungeons and dragons campaign, inspired by the mid-episode character cards of his fave anime Full Metal Alchemist!

Welcome to the chronicles of Avora.
All credit other than the drawing itself to: .uncool

One of the best ones I have done so far is the NPC “The Door”. We do not know his true name. A forcefully emancipated royal stripped of his purpose and evolved into an extremist revolutionary within a war torn country. A really fun take on earth genasi, due to the disconnect from his original purpose, it takes tonnes of straps and belts to physically hold himself together (these are seen thrown across the stone throne in this drawing for cool character design show off purposes!)

More to come! Scroll for a version without a boarder.
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03/02/2024

Swimming lotus
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After struggling for a while with a couple concepts, i was relieved with how fun this one was to make.
This peice is one that’s fun to look at from different distances. From afar the shadows cause it to become almost 3D feeling, as if you can feel the depth.
But up close you can see the very delicate hatching with different colours across the leaves which were a joy to do as im usually so heavy handed!

Also I have a question: shall I sell these as a set, once their done? Or individually? I’d love to know what you would prefer.
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28/01/2024

Flourishing in spite
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A calm and warm scene for number 3 of my gouache nature studies.
This one was alot of trial, error and layering in comparison to the smooth sailing of my first two. But thats okay! As this is what this is for.. learning something fresh.
I was enamoured with the striking purples, blues and greens of these cacti - as well as how much they populate despite what they are.

This was a little removed from the close ups I was doing which may have been part of my struggle, but im comfortable with the result in the end. And it looks nice next to the others!

Watch this space for more to come🩵.
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