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In this picture you can see how much the artist craves summer 🏖️ As I've told you, I haven't completely abandoned digital painting. So just look at them! Where are they? Risa? Some Cardassian tourist planet? I want to know more

Fragments (including Garak's terribly content face) are under the cut

#ds9 #star trek #elim garak #julian bashir #kelas parmak #parmakshir #cardassian #cardassia #star trek art #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #ds9 fanart #my art

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Varnishing him. There is something strange in making brushstrokes with something that is not, well, paint itself.

#ds9 #star trek #cardassian #oil painting #satisfying #cardassia #kelas parmak #star trek art #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #ds9 fanart #my art

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Painting Sheriff Dukat

Lots of fun.

#ds9 #star trek #dukat #gul dukat #marc alaimo #oil painting #art process #sheriff #cowboy #wild west #star trek art #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #my art

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Sheriff 40x50 cm, oil on canvas

I know Old West Dukat is what you secretly craved this Tuesday night.

(Best regards to Masters of the West, whose works inspired me to do THIS. Really. It was pure pleasure to paint).

Close-up under the cut

#star trek #ds9 #dukat #gul dukat #oil on canvas #wild west #old west #sheriff #oil painting #cardassian #cardassia #cowboy #deep space nine #ds9 fanart #my art

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... next load will be only in summer.

Check the pinned post.

#ds9 #star trek #benjamin sisko #ds9 fanart #elim garak #dukat #star trek art #deep space nine #gul dukat #julian bashir #damar #cardassia #my art

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Since I stop taking orders in 4 days (25 Feb) I decided to announce a little sale! If you order one picture you may choose one more from the first photo from this post as a gift (only those in stock)

#ds9 #dukat #elim garak #star trek #ds9 fanart #star trek art #sale #gift #deep space nine #star trek ds9 #cardassia #cardassian #attention bajoran workers #my art

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Dukat, young & beautiful

This one is also available as an original graphic work. Check the pinned post!

#ds9 #star trek #cardassian #dukat #gul dukat #star trek art #ds9 fanart #deep space nine #star trek ds9 #my art

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Process of drawing a copy for one of you.

UPD: Copy of this:

https://www.tumblr.com/master-of-the-game/707808800263012352/some-cardassian-sketches-more-will-follow-soon

#ds9 #star trek #elim garak #my art #art #selling art #star trek art #ds9 fanart #deep space nine #art commisions #work in progress

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Young and on an Obsidian Order mission. This piece is also available. By the way, please notice that all this pieces that are available now and those I can repeat (#available to get a copy) for you are not prints, but original and handmade drawings.

Pre-Orders end 25 Feb!

#star trek #ds9 #star trek ds9 #elim garak #garak #deep space nine #deep space 9 #cardassia #ds9 fanart #my art

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There are a lot of versions of what it would look like if Garak was included in the Niners team. Here's mine.

Reminder that this in b/w as well as many other pictures are availabe for an order. Check the pinned post :)

(i don't know if there is something with my Tumblr visibility again... Shadowban again? D:)

#ds9 #star trek #elim garak #garak #Take Me Out to the Holosuite #star trek ds9 #cardassian #star trek art #baseball #ds9 fanart #deep space nine #my art

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Master of the Game opens Pre-Orders

UPD: Closed since 25 February

First of all, let me express again how grateful I am for all the good words you've said about my work. I read every comment and get totally and undeniably happy :)

You asked about a year ago if I could send prints and similar stuff, and I promised to figure it out. Partially it is sorted out and established for now, so let's give it a try! But first with items that are easy to ship.

(If you are interested please read till the end)

Pre-orders on what?

Graphic works & handmade (drawn & original & marked with a number & signed) copies of them. ATTENTION! This is not digital art, this are physical, material items, originally created and unique. And these are NOT prints. I create them mostly with pen, ink & liners. ATTENTION! This is also not commissioned works, just what I have in stock & copies of that.

Which means: in this post there is a picture with examples and AVAILABE items (price & size written on each piece). The stock will be updated (there might appear new items, please refresh if interested).

AND

You can order copy of mostly any graphic work that I have in my blog (b/w lineart). Pieces that are available to make copy of are marked in the tags for your convenience (#available to get a copy). DM me, I'll tell you the price & number of your future copy and once it is established take an order (prices are similar to those stated on the picture, nothing special).

Each copy is unique and personal, it has number and sign.

Till when?

I take pre-orders until 25 February, which means that during February I'm taking orders. BUT! Due to current logistical difficulties items will be send in early March OR if things go another way - in early April. Please notice!

If everything goes right, there will be another load this summer!

Shipping?

They will be shipped in postal envelopes as mail to your mailboxes or post offices (depending on country). You can choose the postal service by yourself and shipping opportunities/variants within it (shipping is not included into the price of the piece). I give you the list of services while taking an order, you choose and I send your item chosen way.

Please notice, that they will be sent by a friend of mine, it's NOT ME who sends them & address is NOT mine.

How do I order?

You write me a DM. As simple as that. You order, I confirm, give you list of shipping services, you choose, then tell me your postal address and other coordinates, I pack your item (or create a copy and pack) and few days before sending I give you card number. Then the item is sent the way you' ve chosen and I give you a track number (if it is included in chosen way of shipping).

If you have any question or think I haven't covered something, please write here or DM me.

Under the cut there are works in better quality.

#star trek #ds9 #elim garak #dukat #kelas parmak #gul dukat #deep space nine #cardassia #star trek ds9 #star trek art #ds9 fanart #my art

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...In the meantime... Modern glamorous Dukat. I think he's speaking with Damar... Any ideas on subject?

#ds9 #star trek #cardassian #star trek art #dukat #gul dukat #skrain dukat #sketch #ds9 fanart #cardassia

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#ds9 #star trek #star trek art #ds9 fanart #elim garak #graphics #art #illustration #star trek fanart #star trek deep space 9 #star trek ds9 #my art

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Color study Oil on canvas 30x40 cm Will be available some day

Fragments + bonus version with another lighting under the cut

#ds9 #star trek #cardassian #star trek art #oil painting #oil on canvas #cardassians #cardassia #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #ds9 fanart #my art

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seeing you make oil paintings of elim garak has changed something about the way i perceive art, both in what others make but also in what i am capable of making.

it’s probably due to learning mostly euro-centric art history, but i’ve always thought of oil paintings as like the peak of painting ability? like, it’s fancy and it takes a while so i thought that it must be the best (ignoring the fact that my artistic field is mostly in acrylic paints and 3D sculpting and yet i still consider it very good). and i’m still working on disproving this sort of mentality that there are mediums inherently better than others, because it’s incredibly limiting to my creativity to impose a higharchy, and also it feels kind of xenophobic.

i digress a bit. point is, i’ve viewed oil paintings as a medium only deserving of gallery-type realistic portrait stuff, which is very much not what i do. i don’t make the sorts of fancy art rich people would pay for- the type of art i thought oils were for. i make paintings of comic book characters and sculptures of my personal heroes, i make jewelry and clothes and stuffed animals. stuff that i enjoy. which is good!

but still somewhere lurking in my brain was this voice telling me that on some level my works weren’t as meaningful or creative because they were fan works or made from materials i’m not an expert in or because the only people i draw and paint and sculpt are queer and trans, like me. that because my art was self-indulgent, on some level i suppose i thought it lesser.

but then i see your art. and holy shit! you’re work is INCREDIBLE! at first i was excited because, hey, i’m a big star trek fan, and garak is one of my favorite characters. i love coming across fan art of him, and it always manages to strike a chord with me. but then. as i looked at it closer, i realized it was on canvas. as i scrolled down i realize it was oil on canvas.

before, i’d pretty much only seen fanart as sketches on paper or digital drawings. one that is really only meant art-wise for quick sketches or planning of what will become “real” works, and one that doesn’t actually take up any physical space in our world, and is stored away in a little digital file.

but oil on canvas? that’s not meant to be thrown away, it’s meant to be held in gloved hands, as it is precious, and it’s not meant to be hidden away in the “files” on a laptop. no, those hang on the walls of museums or houses, meant to be displayed with pride for all to see.

and with those too colliding thoughts, that of fan works as some lesser form of art but oil paintings being the art of the rich and talented… well i realized that both were wrong. fan works are not in any way shape or form lesser than original works. what makes my layered ink painting of dream of the endless any less important than my painting of the ocean during a storm? nothing! they’re both good works. and on the other side, there is nothing that makes my oil paintings more important than my acrylic paintings or my sculpture or my knitting. it’s all art, lovely art, in the end. and the only thing that really matters is that i enjoy it.

seeing your art has helped me break some (minor) yet harmful thoughts i didn’t really even realize i had. so thank you for that. also your garak art is fucking good, and it really makes me think about what sort of life he would have after ds9. anyways, thank you. that’s what i’ve been meaning to say (that’s what this whole thing is). thanks for changing my vision for the better.

Oh wow! You know, it is very important and gratifying to know that results of your work make person rearrange their thoughts and views on something. Thank you for your sincerity! Now back to subject. I personally believe that fan work can be something fine and vice versa something fine can be a fan work. One thing that is very important to remember and remind yourself is that most of fine art that you've mentioned - gallery and most famous works (at least in european tradition) - are, well, derivative. Of Bible, of ancient myths. Yes. All this stuff can be considered maybe not fanart - but it is a subject for discussion - but illustration at least. And it is still fine art. Book illustrations - oh well. Sometimes I want to hang them on the wall, especially old ones. So - why not? Fan work always has a connotation of something derivative, and it certainly is... But just as well as most of the most prominent works. Dixi :D So that's the matter. Medium of course matters but medium does not always define the subject of art (except for common sense), as you've said. It's just maybe the cost of medium (some watercolor brushes for some reason cost... ehm. Too much :D) that defines its price, but not necessarily. I like thinking about this issue and discussing it... Plenty room for ideas. Thank you!

#star trek #art #fanart #artwork #my art #fanwork #oil painting #oil on canvas #art mediums #painting #graphics

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Btw! It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳 hehe

#1 year tumblrversary #tumblr milestone

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Varnishing young Garak oil piece :D Sometimes all this steps are satisfying for some reason. Btw, are you interested in such sort of WIP videos?

Pic is from this post:

https://www.tumblr.com/master-of-the-game/733238353293688832/young-garak-in-obsidian-order-oil-on-canvas?source=share

#ds9 #star trek #cardassian #elim garak #oil painting #oil on canvas #satisfying #video #painting #cardassia #ds9 fanart #my art #wip