Ifrix

Photo of the Griffith Observatory with the new moon setting behind it, the thin orange curves of the crescent rising like horns exactly behind the main dome of the observatory.

I also got this HORNY picture of the Griffith Observatory, but Mercury was already below the horizon by then.
#Photography #Astrophotography

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

Portfolio Tips for Illustrators by Nala J. Wu Portfolio tips for Illustrators Written by Nala J. Wu (@naladraws) | they/them As an art director (AD) and longtime professional illustrator— I’ve probably looked at nearly a thousand art portfolios. ...

PORTFOLIO TIPS FOR ILLUSTRATORS

I am an art director who has probably seen close to 1000 portfolios, many great, but many...not 😔

This is a doc I wrote featuring tips and tricks for how to make a better art portfolio site. Feel free to share with anyone who may find this useful <3 #art

Work in progress map of Orsterra in a pixelart style. A snowy region lies to the north and a desert to the south

Mountains finished:

Plan for a pixelart map showing tiles containing different terrain types (grassland, desert, snow, mountain, forest, water, towns)

Pixelart landmass map showing the shape of the continent and an overlay with the towns and roads

Previous map with mountains added with basic shading and the beginnings of desert in the south

Started on a new pixelart map, fanart of a game I picked up in the last sale.

Can anyone recognise it from the WIP pictures?

A map with strong orange/brown tones. The landscape is a mix of mesas, ravines, and depp canyons. The main features of the map are two suns which hover dangerously close to the ground, lighting the area around them and casting long shadows

Karnorion: Seared Lands of the Twin Suns

Done for a challenge on the Cartographer's Guild and was fun to try something different stylistically, stick to a rigid palette, and challenge myself with the dual source lighting

Text detailing an encounter from a denizen of Karnorion with one of the suns. The full text exceeds the character count for alt-text otherwise I would have put it here

And a bit of diegetic lore to go with it:

A map with strong orange/brown tones. The landscape is a mix of mesas, ravines, and depp canyons. The main features of the map are two suns which hover dangerously close to the ground, lighting the area around them and casting long shadows

Karnorion: Seared Lands of the Twin Suns

Done for a challenge on the Cartographer's Guild and was fun to try something different stylistically, stick to a rigid palette, and challenge myself with the dual source lighting

Parchment style map showign a single continent in the centre with a variety of biomes. There is a border around the edge depicting an eclipse, gods of light and dark, and the ruins of a magitech city that is used to display the title of the world, Amavesh

A recently commissioned map of a private client's D&D world for their upcoming campaign.

The main themes of the world were the balance of light and dark and of exploring ancient magitech ruins, something I incorporated into the border.

Photo of a 17 month old liver and white Springer Spaniel sitting on a picnic bench in front of an overgrown lawn

Hope it's just a passing thing and things look up soon 🫂. Merlin wishes you all the best!

A very orange mesa map featuring two suns which both hover very close to the ground, casting long shadows

Working on a challenge map for the Cartographer's Guild
Challenging myself with some very different lighting and also sticking to the palette provided

Monochrome artwork of an unnatural landscape showing the domains of various gods

Can now share my latest work for "The Godlands", a very strange region in a a TTRPG zine by Micah Abresch

Painterly style map of a forest with twisting patterss surrounding a a mountain circle with a meadow and golden tree within

Painterly style Underworld with a blue/yellow palette depicting a land with a strange perspective: mountains either side of a river that leads upwards to a vertical sea populated by a spiral of islands

Pencil sketch of a mountain range surrounded by scattered pages depicting sketches of dragons and draconic creatures

Pencil-sketch drawing of an crocodile headed humanoid. Roots and plant matter grow from their body. Above is text describing their habits and nature

Hey Kat! I'm a queer Scottish illustrator and cartographer, so if you're looking for something in the vein of maps, large scope landscapes, or diegetic sketches I'd love to work with you!

Some examples below but more available on my artstation

Yeah that should definitely be doable! :D

Would love to be an ARC reader as this seems right up my alley but not sure if I'll have time as I have quite a tight schedule over the next months. How many pages is it?

No cheating. Post the last pic of your pet.

Was a very warm day so Merlin enjoyed a swim in the river to cool off

Personally my favouritestyle of prompt has been from Thousand Year Old Vampire. If it's too vague I freeze up and can't think of something, but too detailed can often not fit.
I do like questions as they can make you look at a situation in a way you wouldn't have considered

It's a great handle, coming from another AP who's also a cartographer

2013 - 2024

Fuck 🖕 AI

Remove a letter, ruin a band

Meat Oaf

A sketchbook page of a Joroguno, featuring a full body of the half woman, half spider creature and a separate sketch of the maw concealed on the underside of its abdomen

[Marked sensitive due to arachnid features]
Last creature sketch for @markadamscraft.bsky.social , a Jorogumo. This one was particularly unsettling to work on and went through a few revisions of its Giger-esque features

Alastair Parkin Freelance Cartographer and Pixel Artist

Hi! I'm a Scottish illustrator, cartographer, and pixel artist so, depending on the style and content, I'd love to hear more about the project!
My portfolio is here if you want to see if any of my styles would be suitable:
ifrix.artstation.com

Fellow #cartography / #map makers who take commissions… would any of y’all be willing to talk to me through DMs in regards to what I’m quoting here 👀?

I would absolutely love to expand on my little study from this year, to include maps 🥺♥️ RP’s highly appreciated!

bsky.app/profile/juli...

Pencil-sketch drawing of an crocodile headed humanoid. Roots and plant matter grow from their body. Above is text describing their habits and nature

Another creature sketch made for @markadamscraft.bsky.social
This one again was a lot of fun and I had a definition vision for it right from Mark's initial description

Close up of one of the regions of the continent of Tyr. A large area between mountains is blanketed in thick snow

Working out a way of doing snowy regions:

Paintelry map of a large landmass. Mountains and climate colouration have been defined so far

Back to working on a personal map.
This one is actually a remake of one I made 12 years ago, so will be cool to see the progress

Paintelry map of a large landmass. Mountains and climate colouration have been defined so far

Back to working on a personal map.
This one is actually a remake of one I made 12 years ago, so will be cool to see the progress

Yup 😆
Saw something once where Scottish folk songs are either about: their fair bonny lass, their homeland/island they miss so much, those damn English, or those pesky fey

Hey, I like that song unironically :P

Diegetic sketch of a Wyrm, rendered digitally in pencils on paper, showing notes on the creature's biology and habits

Hope everyone's new year is starting well!
I can finally share some of the creature sketches I worked on for @markadamscraft.bsky.social back in 2023.
I've always loved creature design and this was a great chance to do more of it