Zia Ellithiel

I need to get better about posting here. But I come with an up to date pinned! I cannot believe my most recent art, and I'm in LOVE with all of it.
Gonna be the new pinned! #art #portfolio #oilpainting

First finished painting of 2026. Technically the bulk of this piece was painting in 2025 and all I did to wrap it up was a glazing coat to adjust some colors BUT, behold. #oilpainting #fanart #art #gyarados #pokemon #pokemonfanart

Art v Artist 2025. This year, featuring all oil paintings.
#artvsartist #artist2025

So this painting has been sitting on my wall for ages, as I've tried to decide if I wanted to pick it up or just toss it. And tonight I figured... what the hell, let me do the grisaille.

I'm glad I did. I can't wait to put color to it! I think it was just waiting for me.

So... 14 months ago I started oil painting. Tonight, I attended the reception for a gallery show featuring one of my paintings.
I... what? How? I'm genuinely proud of myself but also I'm still riding a wave of disbelief and surrealism (the emotion, not the art style, or maybe?) #oilpainting #gallery

It is so wild to me that after years of trying, I have successfully managed to find a stream and momentum as an artist. Especially wild that it's in oil painting, a medium I always revered and never expected to be GOOD at.

I'm an artist y'all! A bonefide ARTIST!

YouTube video by spacegothprincess Flying Books | Painting Timelapse | Original Art

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Another timelapse. Trying to challenge myself to learn how to paint on gessoboard. It... is an experience. #oilpainting #painting #books

Idk how I did it. This is only the #grisaille layer, color still to come but i think art gods visited me. #pokemon #wip #painting #fanart

WIP tonight. No idea what gods I have on my side.

Moving forward means leaving some things behind. Today I cleared out some old pieces from my portfolio, and updated it with new ones! Growth!

And behold! Flying Books. For those who've followed me long enough, you may recognize this as art that I originally did as a digital piece years ago. And here it is, traditionally rendered, and I think better for it!

One of the weird things about showing up every day to do art is that I'm getting better at doing art without the spark. Which, like, I realise is the aim but it's kind of wild that it's happening.

YouTube video by spacegothprincess Mango Still Life | Painting Timelapse | Original Art

youtu.be/isbBebNvRDs
Did a painting timelapse of my Mango. I've got others recorded as well. I'm probably entering my era of a regular release schedule!

Still life oil painting of a mango, not quite ripe, sitting on a wooden surface.

I painted a mango!

Not art related, but look at how absolute fangirl I looked today!

Alright everyone. Today is the day I finally commit to becoming a full time game artist. Ultimate goal is Magic the Gathering and I want to steep myself in board and card game culture all around.

So as it is, I am fully opening myself for professional work!

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

Another finished painting. I am actually kinda proud of this one, esp. for my first finished painting to feature a figure.

And blusky is asking me to upload an ID now. IE, NOPE

This shit is bullshit. I am allowed to look at whatever I like wherever.
And this server is just an art server with profane language.

What inspired you to paint this piece?

A deadline.

Got a couple pieces transferred over to canvas for painting, including a portrait on my first ever self-stretched canvas.
I'm currently playing between moving permanently to Linen Canvas or gessoboard... it's a tossup.

I saw that video and that kind of candidate in any sort of Audition Room would be thrown out in a heartbeat. Too much nonsense and not enough 'do the lines'

General technique test for my big painting. I ... well the technique works but I also semi-rushed through this painting. I plan to take a lot more time with the proper painting when I do it. Then again, practice is practice.

Sharing a piece of work in progress/ prelim art. This is a sketch of a new painting I'll be working on, and I was just so proud of how it came out looking. The idea is a bit of fantasy mixed into a bit of darkness. idk what it'll be called in the end but for now I call it 'Beacon'.

YEA!

The better part of valor is knowing when to stop. I miessed up mixing hair colors, so Im going to let this piece sit, come back in a couple weeks, and work on it again when I know Im ready.

Six months ago (Left) I started my first oil portrait, and I was extremely dissatisfied with the results at the time. I knew my forms were good, but I hadn't quite had a handle on skintones.
Six months later, I think I have ENOUGH a handle to try and work on it again. And... it's coming out well!

Never give up. I’ll stop drawing when I’m DEAD.

In my defense I just leave mine up year round.