E.L. art

Being an artist at a family gathering when there are young kids about is really something because you can just draw Spider-Man at any time, and wow they really like that

Woolen cowl, or cape. Drapery and accessories, I think! Or possible shell insulation via…magic paste? Some kind of shell-shell?

Thank YOU for your writing!! I absolutely devoured this book and I’ve enjoyed two of your other works (The Other Side of Midnight, and An Inquiry into Love and Death), consider me a big fan!! 💕💕🙌🙌🙌🙌

Devoured @simonestjames.bsky.social ‘s The Broken Girls today (yes, the whole thing) and then immediately took out my sketchbook to draw the lead characters as I saw them in my mind’s eye

Devoured @simonestjames.bsky.social ‘s The Broken Girls today (yes, the whole thing) and then immediately took out my sketchbook to draw the lead characters as I saw them in my mind’s eye

Drawing of a mountain

Mountain study

Painting of a mountain range with a figure and a yak walking over the snow. Done in acryla-gouache. Photo referenced is from the cover of the book “Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation“ by Robert L Fleming Jr, Dorje Tsering and Liu Wulin.

Photo study in acryla-gouache. Practice.

Painting study of a mountain, figure, and yak. Acryla-gouache.

Study, full painting.

It happens to me every time I post a painting I swear, it’s so exhausting. It’s such a puritanical approach by Bsky and it always feels like I’m being slapped when I’m just trying to share art.

quote from Haruki Murakami: “I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind. “But to hold to such repetition for so long—six months to a year—requires a good amount of mental and physical strength. In that sense, writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.”

Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc

like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine

One of my core beliefs about villainy - real evildoers among us - is that it almost never looks as comically wicked as we would expect; it's a kind of reasonable-looking guy standing in front of a podium saying very soberly how he had no choice but to do the evil things.

This painting study by the way felt way more possible after taking Julie Beck’s color boot camp at ARA Boston last year. It’s the most structured color class I’ve ever had, I feel like I’m moving towards understanding color technically now as well as just instinctually

I swear I must have some kind of subconscious thing about painting things in dimensions that are hard to post on social media

Thank you so much 😭💕💕💕💕

Thank you 🔥❤️🔥❤️

Thank you so much 💕💕!!

Thank you, this one is not eating any geese but there is always time 🪿

Painting study of a mountain, figure, and yak. Acryla-gouache.

Study, full painting.

Mountain time 😎❤️😎❤️

Painting of a mountain range with a figure and a yak walking over the snow. Done in acryla-gouache. Photo referenced is from the cover of the book “Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation“ by Robert L Fleming Jr, Dorje Tsering and Liu Wulin.

Photo study in acryla-gouache. Practice.

thinking about this piece because I was trying to figure out why I'm struggling with footnotes in a different book and it's because this fucking spoiled me on how effectively footnotes can work in specfic for grounding and contextualizing worldbuilding choices

it's really fucking elegant here :]

Picture of magic cards. The card of interest is called “Spawnwrithe,” which can make copies of itself every time it deals damage to its opponent. The artist has drawn shitpost versions of the card on scraps of paper for each copy of itself it has made. Also this was a brutal first creature to play before my poor partner had summoned anything.

you can just make your own tokens in Magic the Gathering

*monetary donations specifically, also. Some of them even have shopping lists, but make sure to check what is needed most!

When things are bad and you want to help, good to keep in mind that food banks basically always need donations.

I did this with my legs and now I can wear shorts in public because they are covered in huge snakes, best of luck, it works!

These are so gorgeous❤️❤️❤️

“but you can’t really see the screen—“ that’s right. This is not a spoiler post, this is a post about my cat’s cute little ears.

Cat watching some Cinema (tm)

not an art post, but Dimitri really liked the first two episodes of Heated Rivalry

Acrylic and mixed media painting of two figures in a nature scene

Two figures romantically embracing, cropped book cover illustration

A supine character lies in a green black swamp, enveloped by leaves and reeds

Photo of my tarot deck, the Lubanko Tarot by E. Lubanko. This is a picture of the box, with a few crops of the cards beside it.

Hello #portfolioday! My name is Em, I’m a traditional and digital painter who loves the intense, the romantic, and mythical.

I’m focusing on high-intensity stories and romantic work, looking forward.