Salem 🏳️‍⚧️🫀🇵🇸

i bought a new tablet in an effort to find a workflow that works for me, but damn is it draining to install it and make it a practical tool. planning my electronics is a big thing for me, i'm really trying to make it efficient and so i don't just doomscroll 😮‍💨

Curse of Strahd new: My player's party broke into Strahd's treasury, JUST before they were supposed to dine with him.
The realisation of my players that they were in deep shit of their own making was PRICELESS. Can't wait to play out the consequences, and let's pray for them haha.

i applied to three markets that are gonna happen in the next 6 months, some of them are pretty ambitious. i really wonder how it'll go 🤔 i think i have to take better care of my online presence for it to work

i am EXHAUSTED after that art marlet crunch and yet i am having TWO TTRPG SESSIONS this weekend lmao. and i'm dming one of them. i'll sleep when i'm dead !!

My first booth !!

the organisers were great and sweet, the visitors and my friends who came see my stand made this day really great. i have funny anecdotes now and my heart is full 🫀

people REALLY liked my book, not many people went to open it, but *everyone* who flipped it to read it bought me one. i think it's such a huge win

the market made me quite emotional by how great it went. truly such an inspiring experience that makes me hopeful for my possibilities in the future.

layout of the Alchemist done in english ✅ translated to french ✅ paper aquired ✅

ALMOST DONE WITH MY BOOK!!
It will be sold as a zine at the market from the Cercle OPAC (u can find them on instagram) at ULB in Brussels 😄✨🍂

I will try to have it published, but it's important to me to have it as a zine, at least at first, so people can discover it and it can be accesible!!

but like, weirdly enough i woke up at 8am today so it probably means i needed it!

i spent a lot of time outside these last few days, saw many friends, ran into nice people, drew in the street, sang and ate good food. i'm EXHAUSTED now, but the good kind. i guess that's a good start of september :)

It's my birthday, which is the one day of the year I get to be selfish. The nicest thing you could do is check out my art, maybe even leave a reply. I'm firmly in old man territory now but I'll keep doing art as long as I'm allowed.

An illustration of two knights on a simple orange arch background. The left one is clad in gothic armour with a purple feather and pink pants, the right one is in Landsknecht gear in purple and red. The left one is holding the right one's sword and their codpieces are touching. They are looking at eachother.

an illustration with the logo of "Magic : the Gathering" on the top left. There is a feminine figure drawn facing the right, holding up a sword, and under it there are the 5 colours of mtg. She is wearing fur and sheer clothes, and her hair and the handle of the sword are melting into the black background as they are black.

An illustration of a knight in armour holding a shield and a longsword resting on its tip. It's not shaded, and the lineart is intricate in an engraving style. The background is red with vague mountains.

An illustration of a character holding a halberd. He's back to us, and looking to the left. His weapon is pointed to the left as well. He's wearing a gambeson and a skirt, and has long hair. The illustration is black and white, apart from the blood on him and his weapon. Behind him there is a big white circle going to the upper right corner of the image. The halberd is slightly curved, as in the middle of a strike.

hey #portfolioday

I'm Salem, an artist who focuses on medieval, fantasy, and queer themes. I'm open for work on TTRPGs, commissions, zines, and more!

☘ linktr.ee/salem.ninkala
✎ salem.ninkala@tutamail.com

fullbody color commission. A character with white hair wears a cloak secured by a bird pin, blue tunic, and strapped boots. They hold a spear dripping blood into the rainwater at their feet. they appear contemplative as a red droplet falls into their hand.

🩸💧

✦ #art #commission #fantasy

picture of an open small notebook, featuring six sketches over the two visible pages. Each one is a complex magic circle, featuring symbols, geometry, and abstract lines. The name of the six spells are written in french above them and they translate to : "blinding, immobility, vocal extinction, fear, poison immunity, and clumsiness".

i am working on a traditional commission for a friend atm. It's a grimoire for a LARP event, containing all the spells in the game. Can't wait to see it finished, it's gonna be such a cool object both in game and out of game!

#art #grimoire #occult #larp

picture of a handmade charivari on a velvety red background. It is an accessory made of chainmail rings ended by two safety pins, and featuring a tooth + malachite charm, two bone pearls, a sunstone droplet shaped pearl, a ceramic bone charm, and a piece of a deer jaw.

let's post things i made recently! here is a charivari from stuff i found at flea markets (and stuff i was gifted) + chainmail. made for a larp :)
#art #craft #charivari #larp

don't wanna spam (my earlier post was sent rn but it was supposed to be posted a few days ago) but i recently got to see the first tattoo i did on somebody, HEALED, and it's BEAUTIFUL
(obviously my lines are not the cleanest and i have much to improne on, but i'm so happy with it!!)

needing a tongue split and to be covered in tattoos in times like these when having the amount of money that i have is immoral and should be illegal. /j /lh

Recently, i finished a multiple months long project of designing, drawing, and then painting and sewing IRL a banner for my LARP guild. (yes the eyes are embroidered with gold thread)
Behold, the Sparrows!!

YouTube video by Ts Alice Sargat Candlemass Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Full Album

Swedish doom pioneers Candlemass released their debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus on this day in 1986. A cornerstone of the doom metal sub-genre.
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🤲! Drawing heads tilted up like this has become one of my fav angles.. the throat arch🫡…! #art

patreon.com/hesste

Drawing of two women posing, wearing leather and spikes and buckles and shit, one with a sword and the other with an axe

You’re my supply of love and pride
#artsky

#pinup #pinupart #pinupgirl #succubus #female #femalemodel #stylized

ref: @mexicanfaerie on ig

Now I know why I woke up here on the shoreline, coughing up blood in the twilight — [ #oc #art ]

𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢

Black and white illustration made with fine lines. Krampus snatching a woman under the moon light (WLW).

Krampus from 2023.

Art by • Luis Royo

digital painting of knight oc Wreg, whose passionately holding a ginger merman. Wreg is holding onto his hair and is kissing his cheek, while the merman is gripping onto Wreg's shoulder and drawing blood doing so.

Knight and the catching of merman

[ #MerMay | #oc | #art ]