Spikings Art

kettle dragon designs (again)

More pics of the forests of Koyasan

#pixelart

After a convention day is done, I feel like Statler.

Walking around

blender piece/comic depicting an introspective mole

mole's thought

Ned Young (American, b.1954)
"Thunder and Red Wings," 2025
Acrylic
26.5 x 20 in

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

requiem for vanished birdsong

I currently have commission work closed while I get through my current workload, but everyone’s openness to deadline flexibility has been a boon to me while I get things in order. Thank you once more. 🙏

I know (most) of my clients don’t follow me here, but I need to give them all a shoutout for being so understanding this season while I work with them, and tackle my personal life/health simultaneously. You’ve all been so understanding, I couldn’t ask for better people to work with. 🌱

Even if you feel the world is ending, beauty will remain. I can find it comforting, in a way 🤔#pixelart

a variety of small ceramic charms with illustrations of various creatures in a graphic, illustrative style.

a graphic-style illustration of orthrus, a dog creature with two heads and a snake for a tail. it has very pointy shape language and a goofy, unfocussed expression

a small bowl with a greyscale watercolour-style illustration of a hognose snake, with a slightly worried expression

plate with illustration of a very toothy white wolf, against a red moon and black sky backdrop

recent ceramic offerings

A drawing of some things you might find in a kitchen: a tea towel, a bundle of herbs (parsley, thyme, sage, bay), two wooden spoons, some butcher's twine, a cutting board, a big knife, a candle stub on a little plate, a ceramic jar, some cardamom pods, a garlic bulb (bisected).

kitchenalia 🥄

A drawing of flooded overgrown ruins in bird's eye view. A man is wading through the water on stilts.

A drawing of a hot air balloon above overgrown ruins. A group of sailors is looking at birds through telescopes.

A drawing of an excavation site amid overgrown ruins. An artist is sketching under a tree.

The goose is out of the bag! The illustrated puzzle I've been working on is now available through magicpuzzlecompany.com/products/the... This is the biggest drawing I've ever done and I'm so pleased with how it turned out

Two colour illustration of Barad Dûr, with Sauron's eye at the top. surrounded with the ring inscription in elvish. the sky is red with sparks and ash floating in the air, the tower is above a fiery chasm. The front doors are glowing red with silhouettes of chains and armouries. A cloud of ash conceals the horizon. This will be a banner and riso print first. Digital prints coming later this year.

BARAD DÛR

a sketch design of a skeleton among leafy undergrowth

A preview of something to come… I’ve never done anything like this before, so wish me luck and watch this space! 🙏✨

Dubious bait seller

Booo, hope this gets sorted for you soon, if not already!

I'm so happy it came through to you safely! It's great to see it all framed up :D

Print image of a wind turbine being reclaimed by greenery with a background of blue skies and trees. troll artdoll and resin Venus flytrap painting on the right

The Gods of Postage were kind today and i received my tremendous print from @spikingsart.bsky.social 🌱
i love this piece. its just so nice to look at and ive been meaning to get this for a while💚

Maybe autoglass can come out to you while you get some brekkie at services? Sometimes they can be quick, and it’ll be off the roadside. Hope you get back safe either way!

(as an artist) let's be real though, you wouldn't give it up for a second 👀

Aww, that’s a real compliment for me, thank you. I definitely like to give off a gentle “welcome home” vibe where it fits! ❤️

Ah thank you! That’s super lovely to hear! 😄

Haha thank you so much, I really appreciate that man! 😄❤️

A yellow/green sparse forest covered in moss. A large skull rests on the ground, also covered in moss. In the foreground, a skeletal shepherd cradles a green tea next to some of his flock as they stop for a break, sitting on a mossy rock.

February's mossy forest offering 🌱
#illustration #teabreak

The view through an open archway of a ruined stone structure. Beyond the winter sky is pale and desaturated with the sun barely visible in contrast. Thin stones make up what remains of the structure. A weathered copper sun sits above the keystone. The trees in the background are all skeletal and bare. The snow in the immediate foreground suggests the last dregs of winter when the season drags on forever.

TIME’S PASSING (2007)
Oil on Panel - 26” x 16”

As a native Californian, I really enjoy the change in seasons that I experience living in New England. There is even beauty to be found in the shadows of the leafless trees against the pale gray winter sky. 1/2

#art

The same ceramic sphinx in the last post now digitally illustrated. In the top panel it sits with a giant grin, speaking. The text reads "A man in a car saw a golden door, a silver door, and a bronze door. Which door did he open first? The car door!" Bottom left it goes flying through the air, mouth open in a snarl. The text reads "Riddle failed! (Mind you they are the size of a kitten, don't worry about it). Bottom right shows them curled up on their back, blissfully relaxed, eyes closed for a nap. The text reads "Two minutes later". Scattered throughout the illusration are three small, simple doodles, looking up in wonder at a flowering plant, on its back, legs sticking straight up with a frustrated expression, and the last one; tail high with a happy smile.

I've been so tickled after making the ceramic sphinx in my last post that I couldn't help but draw them for some fun this weekend :)

Multiple angles of a ceramic sculpture of a tiny sphinx against a white background, only a bit over an inch or 2.5 centimeters long. They're standing, head slightly raised. It has a silly, happy expression. Its brown body is densely packed with black stripes, contrasted by white wings, white tummy, and a white star on the nape of its neck.

a tiny sphinx with equally tiny riddles (sold)! #ceramics

a stylized 3d render of a 1600s dutch woman at the door with her clandestine lover (?)

night meetings