✨ Silver ✨(commissions open!)

a full body illustration of a tiefling with dark blue-grey skin with glowing white hair, arms, horns and tail. He wears a high fashion coat with gold accents, and a sunburst cloak.

a halfbody illustration of an elf with orange and white hair, with a bow an arrow at full draw. She is grinning excitedly.

halfbody illustration of a gloomy woman looking up at a crystal ball. She has straight raven hair and white markings across her skin

fullbody illustration of a winged tiefling with a scorpion tail. They have long black hair and wear an elaborate iridescent dress made of leather strips in purple and teal.

Hey everyone! I'm in the final stretch before I start a new job which means I've enough time to do a really huge commission or a few little ones. I could really use the help to avoid drowning in bills as the UK gets worse and worse to live in.
Check my KoFi for my rates ⬇️
ko-fi.com/silverfey/co...

oh my god this art looks delicious

ngl out of the professional DMs out there Brennan is the one that made me understand the most fun ways to tell a story and allow for both brevity and seriousness in good beats. I've not seen him do long-form campaign work so it should be very interesting boosting away from miniseason to a full gig

I never played a soulslike before and used easy mode at the start, but I just beat newgame+ for Another Crab's Treasure. @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social You guys made a masterwork. I still get lost in thought about the poignant storytelling in such a silly premise. (Old Ocean broke me)
Thank you guys. ❤️

sorry to get political, but if they wanted to protect kids, they would feed them. they would invest in their education. they would build more parks, more programs, and invest in their future.

if they wanted to protect kids, they would build a world meant for them.

half body illustration of an elf with orange hair, holding a bow and arrow at full draw

full body illustration of a tiefling with ebon skin that glows white at the extremities. His hair is white and his expression is tense.

The same character but at-ease with red skin and blue hair

#sharemyattack2025
This year's Art Fight was my best ever and I pushed some big boundaries with my work! The first image was the first time I've pushed big foreshortening, and the other two are actually the two halves of a crossfade GIF I learned to animate! 🥳

I'm burnt out, but I'm happy with what I've achieved. This has been my best Art Fight and I'm about to start a stressful job next week so I'm happy enough to call fourteen attacks my high score. Thanks for the people who attacked me this year, I had some beautiful art gifted to me.

#artfight

rough halfbody sketch of a Pokémon trainer with a shiny dratini on her arm. She has purple hair tied in a bun with a green headband.

Fourteenth attack goes to @megtheviper.bsky.social ! This character had so much charm so in the final hours of the event I zoomed through an art speedrun. Pencil sketch translated directly into ProCreate and coloured in ^^

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traditional art of a woman with her hands clasped in prayer. Her skin is cracked all over with vibrant pink scars, and pink blood-vessel wings burst from her back

Thirteenth attack goes to artfight.net/~bellabijou . My only friendly fire of the year and only because when I saw this character I physically gasped and HAD to draw her.
This was a traditional piece using pencil, a black calligraphy pen and pink brush markers.

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full body illustration of a triton woman with a bulky muscular figure, holding an axe. She wears a seaweed themed corseted dress and her leathers have themes of ship rigging

Twelfth attack goes to artfight.net/~DoktorOptis... and I literally titled the piece 'i have a weakness for strong women'
This was a revenge and my final fully rendered piece for the year! A few more sketches to go.
#artfight

My new job is at the NHS- neurorehab ward HCA. I know I'm essentially going to be deployed into a shitshow but I wanna make a difference. 12 hour shifts, 7 to 7 day AND night, and I'm having to stealth. So commission me for delicious queer art cause I will LOVE it both for arts sake and catharsis 🏳️‍⚧️✨

Hi Sylvie! Your work is beautiful, thanks for commenting <3 I love the variety of your pieces too!

Stained glass style illustration of a non-binary person in the center with a purple tail wrapped over their shoulder, they are standing in a garden of flowers with two demons behind them. Author name Sylvie Helstaff appears at the top of the frame and book title "Lust and Found" in gold text at the bottom

full color of a male demon with curly ginger hair, horns, and tiger stripes posing with his arms above his head, wearing a blue patterned vest and criss-cross black mesh shirt

Character sheet. Text top left: "Tenebrae. Shadow Demons of Graymourne". Illustrations left to right: shadowy indistinct male silhouette labeled "Disapproving Cloud", humanoid shadow demon standing in a summoning circle labeled "Regular Size 7ft", large angry very spiky shadow demon labeled "Kaiju mode, 11ft"

Cover art for Shadow's Light by Sylvie Helstaff. A blonde woman stands in a dark hallway with a shadow demon floating overhead. Gold Filigree frame with title text.

Hi #portfolioday I'm Sylvie, an author and artist. I write and draw hot, queer monsters and the (usually neurodivergent) humans who love them!

You can find all my work at sylviehelstaff.com

If you're a queer person feel free to shout out your work in the comments. I'll start. Queer art saved my life and made me realise people like me were out there. As a trans man in the UK I feel like I don't exist sometimes, but I will NOT be silent any more. bsky.app/profile/silv...

anyway my fellow queer folk, stay valiant, stay stubborn, and for the love of all things good, stay horny

dope, the link works! thank you for feeding us

anyway my fellow queer folk, stay valiant, stay stubborn, and for the love of all things good, stay horny

Princess Zelda, trans pride color scheme, trailing a trans pride flag

It's dangerous to go alone, take this!

(Happy Pride :D)

a full body illustration of a tiefling with dark blue-grey skin with glowing white hair, arms, horns and tail. He wears a high fashion coat with gold accents, and a sunburst cloak.

a halfbody illustration of an elf with orange and white hair, with a bow an arrow at full draw. She is grinning excitedly.

halfbody illustration of a gloomy woman looking up at a crystal ball. She has straight raven hair and white markings across her skin

fullbody illustration of a winged tiefling with a scorpion tail. They have long black hair and wear an elaborate iridescent dress made of leather strips in purple and teal.

Hey everyone! I'm in the final stretch before I start a new job which means I've enough time to do a really huge commission or a few little ones. I could really use the help to avoid drowning in bills as the UK gets worse and worse to live in.
Check my KoFi for my rates ⬇️
ko-fi.com/silverfey/co...

half body illustration of a young teen with black hair in braided pigtails, yellow eyes and pointy ears wearing black dungarees and a yellow shirt

Eleventh attack goes to artfight.net/~midaura ! I don't have much experience drawing younger characters so it got a lot more anime than usual for my art style, but I'm still vibing with it!

#artfight

oh wow!!! This looks so gorgeous, I love the way you've stylised the face

OH MY GOD! I used to read your comics on deviantart but I lost track of you years ago! I can't believe I managed to stumble back across your work. Is there anywhere I can currently access Grey Eyes again? I definitely have some catching up to do 🤩

loose sketch of a tiefling with speckled skin and starry markings holding a fan of tarot cards out.

Tenth attack goes to @corvitea.bsky.social ! This one was a reflexive hip-fire of a sketch because I saw a starry oracle character and entered a fugue state.

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Profile of a red head woman with pointy ears. She wears a black suit with long sleeves with gold accents.

Rielli - A half 3/4 half body of a pink female character with pointy ears and a big horn on her forehead, like a unicorn. She has long pink hair in buns with long strands coming out behind. She wears blue fringe earrings and a pink outfit with blue furr on the shoulders.

A red dress witch sitting on her broom. She has a big hat with a star at the end of it. She has puffy red hair, a long nose, and green eyes.

Vega, character sheet, with one fullbody, one backview and 2 headshots. The character is a woman with afro puffy hair, gold jewels in braids on her head. She has big copper horns on each side of her head with grey lamb ears. She has a big scaly tail and the bottom side of her body is animal shaped with big paws. She has brown skin and big lips. The headshots are first looking away shyly and the other is cheerful, showing her fangs. Her outfit consists of a black body, black loosen pants that start in the middle of her tights. She is wearing a jacket with nude shoulders. The inside is filled with furr. The sleeves are big and puffy with pink accents.

Today's my birthday and I was wondering if i could join this lil tradition of sharing a post with my art ♥

Please please please sign this. I can't overstate how badly NSFW creators need help rn. When we lose our ability to scrape together a living, the niche communities and pockets of creativity you enjoy will evaporate.

It takes 10 seconds to show your support for our entire industry

that one meme where the bald creature with glasses approaches the bleusky logo and asks "hey pokemon fandom how is it going" and the next panel is an image of a little guy going feral over corbeau from pokemon and then the bald creature goes "yea" after an awkward pause

Argo & Dean Two women embrace leaning in to kiss one another. One the left is Argo, the shorter of the two. She wears a long yellow open backed gown, her dark hair swept to one side as she looks up longingly towards Dean. One finger is hooked through Deans tie, pulling her closer. One the right is Dean, she wears a dress shirt with a black tie, and black pants. Her long blonde hair is tied into a plait fastened at back of the head with a large black bow. One hand is placed on the back of Argo's head as if to pull her in closer, and the other hand is placed gently on Argo's arm.

A woman is posed crouching down in a squat position with her elbows resting on her knees. Her head is that of a Doberman dog instead of a human, and has several piercings in her long ears. She wears a black spiked collar and bracelet while her clothes are sporty. She wears a cropped yellow sports bra with a sheer black long sleeved short over the top, a pair of yellow tracksuit pants and white trainers.

A person stands with their back to the viewer. A bunch of wild flowers grow in place of their head, while multiple hands gently touch their arms and shoulders.

Ysa, Mistress of the Fate Weaver. A purple skinned tiefling with twisting, upright horns tipped with gold. Her long hair flows down behind her and gradually blends in with a galaxy that she wades through like water. She is posed with her hands held chest high as stars drip from her finger tips.

✨Commissions Open✨

I'm opening up 2 more slots for commissions - to be started next week. It's the last few weeks before I move, so any help is appreciated, even shares 💛

Email: argovelaart@gmail.com
Order: ko-fi.com/argovelaart/... | vgen.co/argovelaart

TOS: argovelaart.carrd.co

the woobification must come at a cost do NOT make him cute out of the door I want his domestication to be DIFFICULT and MESSY

also let him kill someone on screen with dunamancy please in a NASTY way please and thank you

geneva suggestion

pencil sketch of a character in victorian-esque garb with long flowing hair, gaunt figure and a longing expression holding a candle

Ninth attack goes to @nyteklovn.bsky.social ! Immaculate vibes on this character and made for a very fun sketch whilst I was at my favourite bar.

#artfight

transition win my abusive ex is in the same bar as me and has not recognised me at all

transition fail now I have to listen to his fucking voice playing MTG two tables across when I am busy trying to get drunk with my polycule

it's amazing how quick fear gives way to withering annoyance