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marshfeldman31 · 4 months

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Drawing a Goblin

If one were to venture into the frequently overlooked nooks of fantasy, beyond the valiant knights and damsels distressingly undistressed, one might stumble upon the goblin. Now, a goblin is not merely a subject for a sketch; it's a revelation in ridges, a symphony in scars, a cacophony of crooked crannies waiting to be explored by pencil and paper.

Drawing a goblin is like dancing to music that only you can hear, but the music is slightly off-key and the dance is more of a shuffle. It's a delightful divergence from the pristine and predictable. With each stroke, you're not just capturing a creature; you're delving into a personality, a story, a life less ordinary.

Their faces are landscapes of life's tumultuousness, each wrinkle a road traveled, each scar a battle braved, each crooked smile a tale in itself. Sketching a goblin allows the artist to tread the fine line between the grotesque and the endearing, to find beauty in the asymmetrical, the imperfect, the downright odd.

And let's not forget the humor in their haggardness, a subtle reminder that even in the realms of the imaginary, life is no less fraught with the absurdities that plague the human condition. The act of sketching a goblin is to embrace the chaos, to find the order in disorder, and perhaps, to see a bit of ourselves in those twisted visages – because, after all, who among us hasn't felt a little goblin-esque on a Monday morning?

So, wield your pencils as a goblin wields his cleverly procured trinkets - with a sense of purpose and a hint of mischief. Because to sketch a goblin is to sketch the heart of fantasy, a heart that beats not with the thundering drums of epic battles, but with the quiet determination of the overlooked, the underestimated, and the oddly charming.

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t00thpasteface · 1 month

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here's something stupid: the catcatfish

some quick facts:

they're nocturnal and tend to roam around while awake.

they have keen senses of smell and hearing, but terrible eyesight. despite this, they also have a tapetum lucidum, making their pupils "glow" in the dark.

their fur is short, dense, and oily to waterproof them.

they prefer a diet of mostly meat and are attracted to strong-smelling food like fish, cheese, and anything fermented.

the elongated dewclaw on each front paw is sharp, flexible, and nonretractable. it injects a venom that causes respiratory failure and cardiac arrest in prey and, in extreme doses, humans. veterenarians typically remove the dewclaw venom glands during the neuter/spay procedure.

they grow to an average of 1m and 23kg (3ft and 50lb) but can reach up to double that length and triple the weight!

#drew these bad boys in ichthyology lecture 🐟#art #sketch #orig #meme redraw #cat #fish #catfish #blue catfish #fantasy species #original species #hybrid #animal hybrid #speculative biology #catcatfish

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jibberjibbsart · 11 months

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Come on Barbie let’s go party

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weavile · 1 month

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junior year glow-up??????????

#riz gukgak #THE GUKGAK #fhjy #fantasy high #dimension 20 #d20 #im like. mildly obsessed w his tattoos.............................#(waking up at 3am in consternation realizing riz is hot)#this is like 1/8 sketched in a feverdream idk if its worth posting em all

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ventowol · 2 months

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ghost

#art #illustration #drawing #my art #anime #digital art #fanart #sketch #doodle #procreate #cloud strife #ff7 #final fantasy #final fantasy 7 #final fantasy vii #ffvii

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robasarel · 2 months

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#night sketch #cloud strife #final fantasy vii #final fantasy vii rebirth

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the-upper-shelf · 6 months

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He is here to steal your crickets

#digital art #fantasy #gecko #character design #anthro #sketches #personal art

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kelogsloops · 10 months

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‘Of the Heavens’ — watercolor & mixed media on paper

This my first painting I created for my recent exhibition, ‘Fables’. I’ve always had a fascination for folktales around the world. These stories have always sparked wonder in my imagination as a kid, so I wanted to create my own personal interpretation of a few fabled creatures with respect to the traditions, symbology and legends where they come from. The first that came to mind was that of the Dragon, a creature prevalent throughout a lot of East Asian cultures and often symbolic of power, fortune and the divine. So, here’s my interpretation of the Dragon, blessed with auspicious jade eyes & claws 😄 #brbchasingdreams

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#brbchasingdreams #art #illustration #drawing #painting #artists on tumblr #watercolor #traditional art #sketch #artist #asian art #dragon #dragon art #fantasy #surreal #art style #my art

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doodleswithangie · 8 days

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SQUARE UP!

[Image description: Fanart of a scene from Dimension 20's Fantasy High: Junior Year episode 14. The Bad Kids and The Rat Grinders square up in the middle of the school cafeteria. Alt text provided and copied under the cut. End ID]

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Image one: The Bad Kids and The Rat Grinders square up in the middle of the school cafeteria. Above their heads is written, "The Bad Kids vs The Rat Grinders."

Image two: From left to right - Adaine readies her magically glowing hand, Gorgug cracks his knuckles, Fig pages Colin Counterspell on her earpiece, Riz hisses, and Fabian steadies Kristen as she smirks down at Kipperlilly.

Image three: From left to right - Kipperlilly glares up at Kristen, Buddy looks on worriedly, Oisin has a hand on Kipperlilly's shoulder as he tries to intervene, Mary Anne has a deadpan stare, Ruben poses moodily, and Ivy smirks behind Oisin.

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polturn · 3 months

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My poor OC

#doesnt deserve my treatment #my art #oc #oc art #original character #fire #fantasy art #sketch #immolation

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hybbart · 21 days

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THE BIRDS ARE FIGHTIIIIING

#solidaritygaming #grian #inthelittlewood #hermitcraft #fanart #fantasy #character #art #sketch #doodle #hybbart

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dokelsss · 3 months

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fox sphynx that grants wishes but is spicy

commissions open

#myart #art #drawing #fanart #digital art #stuff #doodle #illustration #sketch #creature #fall colors #sphynx #cat #fox #dog #fantasy #creature design #monster

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harkthorn · 8 months

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Today's sketch is a study of a classical chimera, but the lion part is a pigeon, and also the goat part is a pigeon, and would you believe it the snake tail is also a pigeon

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