R. Riekkinen ✦

R. Riekkinen ✦

@artvaris.bsky.social

Freelance fantasy artist inspired by nature ✦🌿They/He🌿✦ | ENG & FIN | No genA/I | varis.illustration@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/ArtVaris

57,851 Followers 730 Following 7,770 Posts Joined Jul 2023
3 days ago

I'm back home and I'll soon start working on these sketches.
There are only 3 slots left!

If you're interested in getting a sketch done by me, check this out! This is the CHEAPEST commission option I'll probably ever offer. So don't miss this opportunity!🙌

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2 days ago

All of my characters are queer in one way or another tbh, it's a form of self-expression and exploration 🖤 This particular character uses they/he pronouns

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Also, this description is kinda gender goals🌈✨🤌

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Tumblr tags never disappoint (they are nonbinary)🌈✨

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3 days ago
A painting of my old winged Tiefling OC! I actually painted a portrait for her ages ago (in 2019, jfc how has so much time passed so quickly) and decided to revisit it since it had been so long.
She has dark grey-ish purple skin (although it looks a lot more vibrant here given the lighting) and luminescent freckles that shift between colours like start in the night sky.

Old Friend 🖤💜🦇

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An interpretation of the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in which the knight is seduced by both Lord and Lady Bertilak. Here we see the knight in between the couple, head tilted back, eyes closed, as Lord Bertilak wraps a large hand around his neck and presses in close from behind. Lady Bertilak is pulling off his green belt with one hand, and reaching below to undo the lacing on his pants with another. The knight’s visible hand squeezes Lady Bertilak’s thigh tightly. A young woman in armor looks over her shoulder, sword in hand, ready to fight. Her one visible eye glows with a golden light. She stands in front of a stained glass sunrise, ready to chase away the darkness. A young woman with reddish blond hair in a Victorian updo sits in an intricately carved stone throne. She looks with a mocking smirk at the viewer, and an elegant silver crown dangles from one hand. Monstrous hands with long black nails reach from behind the throne, and are scoring deep gouges into the stone.

Good afternoon Bluesky!

It's my 35th birthday today (!!!) and I'd love to request likes and reposts of some of my favorite pieces 💚💚

[ #MyArt | #Illustration | #DarkArt | #ArthurianLit | #Tarot ]

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3 days ago

Soooo stylish!🤌🖤

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Made this one available as an art print as well ✦‬
www.inprnt.com/gallery/artv...

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1 week ago
Ink drawing- side profile of a blindfolded woman among apple tree branches. There is an apple on her head with an arrow through it.

🏹🍏

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1 week ago

Wahh it would be a pleasure drawing one of your OCs!🖤🙏

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Here’s a cover I illustrated for the upcoming D&D book, Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. It was such a joy to paint Strahd again 🦇
Art director: AJ Hanneld

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1 week ago

Omg I would be honored to draw for you! Your OCs are so stylish, I love the dark aesthetics👀🖤🙏

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1 week ago

This was an emergency opening since my elderly cat needed urgent care last weekend and I had to take her to the vet twice, so I'm relieved I could fill the slots on such short notice. She is home now and eating well again, but I'm keeping a close eye on her

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1 week ago

Thank youuu!💪

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1 week ago

Sold out now, thank you so much for sharing and for your support once again! 🖤

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1 week ago

I might soon switch into doing weighted back hyperextensions though to keep my leg day interesting since I've been doing different barbell deadlifts for 6+ months now

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Digital painting of a centaur with unicorn horn on his forehead, and big butterfly wings. He has elegant hair and tail that is flowing in the wind.
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Gym progress stuff: I could increase my deadlift weight to 80kg yesterday 💪😤 (I weigh 58kg)

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1 week ago

I still feel the impact of Twitter going down and becoming the shitty place it is now. It used to be my main source for commission work and even though I have rebuilt on bsky, I still struggle to reach clients like I used to back on Twitter, which is rather demoralizing sometimes

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1 week ago

Man needing to go on Twitter to make a commission opening post doesn't feel great to say the least but then again, I have to use all my options to get work so that I can pay the vet bills💀

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1 week ago

Your work always has such a beautiful sense of flow when it comes to shapes and I loooove how you decorate your paintings with those star shapes! And your colors are always so harmonious, wahh! Beautiful work 🖤✨

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art & nationality ⭐

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1 week ago

Oh wow thank you so much for such a thoughtful and kind comment 🙏 Jotenkin tosi kiva kuulla, et se mun luontosuhde jotenkin välittyy myös mun töistä, kiitos tosi paljon 🖤 Sun työt on kyllä myös tosi hienoja! Tykkään siitä, et piirrät masc-hahmoja ja kehoja, jotka murtaa stereotyyppistä kuvastoa

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the water-bearer ♒️⭐️✨ #witchhatatelier

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Art + Nationality 🦇

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Kiitos! 🙏🖤 Hehe huomasin itsekin tätä postausta tehdessäni et onpas toi eka työ tosiaan semmonen, et toistuu noi lipun värit :D

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Art & Nationality ✦

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A watercolour portrait of a red-haired man with hazel eyes holding a black snake-like creature and looking somewhat ominous. The man's skin is pale and covered in freckles; he's wearing a green-brown jacket. Lascaux belongs to @dorkbait.bsky.social

Lascaux for @dorkbait.bsky.social - a mixed media commission 🖤

watercolour (with a tiny bit of white gouache and coloured pencil) on arches hot press, 7x10"

[ #art #commissions ]

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