Aethira

photo of painted Warhammer 40K minis, a Canoptek Spyder and 3 Canoptek Scarab Swarms. Their colors are dark metal, pale brass, and green glow.

closeup photo of the spyder

photo of the spyder with the back of its body opened. Inside are a bunch of tiny scarabs

my Canoptek Spyder (and his little guys!) ✨
I magnetized the body so it can be opened to show the little scarabs inside :D
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digital painting of two d&d characters, a purple tiefling with star magic and an elf in red mage robes

// take it as a sign
// it is the star to every wandering heart and mine

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Prices and details are at aethiracomms.carrd.co 💖

My commission queue is currently fully open! Message me here or email me at aethira.illustration@gmail.com if you're interested

colored sketches of a human man with blond hair with a white streak in it. He’s wearing an outfit that’s predominantly black and white, with tan and green parts. The sketches have a couple variations of the clothes.

sketches of my newest guy, for a Mage the Ascension campaign. His name is Lucien, his affinity sphere is Entropy, and i hope this game makes him worse

Thank you!! You should go for it, it’s a fun challenge :D

a little Seren bookmark ✨ I used the same acrylic paints that I do for minis, on watercolor paper.
I’ve wanted to try this for a while, I figured it wouldn’t be too hard to combine miniature painting knowledge with digital painting knowledge. It worked but was certainly harder than I expected XD

colored sketch of two D&D characters ready for battle

color sketch commission for a friend ✨

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digital painting of a purple tiefling floating amidst fire and obsidian spikes in the background. There’s lightning magic around their hands and they’re mostly lit blue while the background is mostly red/orange

My redraw for this month is of Seren from February 2024 ✨

Comparison is in replies!

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photo of a painted Warhammer 40K miniature, a Necron Doomsday Ark. It’s dark silver metal with gold accents and green glow

Doomsday Ark! This actually went way easier than my Ghost Ark, I guess I learned from that one lol

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Photo of painted Warhammer 40K miniatures, Emperors Children Noise Marines. They have pink armor with black trim, gold and silver metal, and white and green detailing

Noise marines!!! :D They’re fun to paint, though next time I’m definitely glueing the guns on *after* painting

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digital painting of a cleric in black and white robes in an autumn forest. she’s looking up at a nosoi (a black bird with four wings and a plague doctor mask)

// the crows in the garden are laughing at my expense
// drowning out all the lies that i might have told instead

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multiple digital drawings of a human cleric in black and white robes

This started as ‘I’m just gonna draw one sketch portrait each of a bunch of pathfinder characters’ and then turned into a partial outfit redesign and many more drawings of just her. So uh, oops?
Dina-Drya was an npc who was an enemy first and then an ally after we resurrected her.
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Hey y'all, I've got a Patreon now!
www.patreon.com/c/aethira

If you wanna see extra art, learn how I paint things, or even get a drawing of your character every month, come join me! :3

Thank you guys so much for your support!! 💖

Commission info can be found at aethiracomms.carrd.co ✨

I’ll draw your ships, OC or fan art or anything! 💖 I figured around Valentines Day is a good opportunity for this XD

digital art of a tiefling woman with pale skin, pink horns, long blond hair, and a purple dress, summoning blue fire. The fire is very stylized and the whole piece has a lot of sharp angles and cell-shading/textures. The shape of a phoenix is outlined in blue on her chest/neck

Style experiments for fun ✨ Nepenthe’s subclass switch has given me an excuse to draw fire a lot again lol
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Redrawing older stuff helps me to feel positive about my current progress, continue improving, and see what specific areas I’ve gotten better at or need to work on more. We’ll see how these go haha

I’m going to try to do a redraw like this every month this year. Rules: has to be the same month, at least two years ago, something I haven’t redrawn before, and something I was happy with at the time.
Here’s a comparison for January -

digital painting of an elf woman in red and gold robes. Most of the background is grayscale, but the magical effect in front of her is variously colored iridescent lights.

//yet those who unleashed the waters
//are still guilty all the same

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A redraw of art I did in January 2023

digital painting of an elf wearing black and gold robes/armor. She’s standing in front of a window at sunset.

"So, I am to put the security of Pleriane in the hands of outsiders."

The first time we met Syldan in-game ✨ We were basically working for her, for an expedition into the Gloam.

digital painting of a tiefling woman. She has light skin, long blond hair, pink horns/tail, and is wearing leather armor. She is using blue fire magic in battle and a symbol of a phoenix is glowing blue on her chest.

Nepenthe is a flames oracle now 🔥 things happened. I am very excited. She is not :3

digital pencil sketch of a tiefling woman who looks very tired

My pathfinder character is having a bad time lately lol; we resumed sessions yesterday :3

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digital painting of the commissioner’s oc, a human woman with light skin and blond hair wearing a bright pink suit. She’s posing for a picture with one hand up in a peace sign.

Commission for a friend ✨

digital painted portrait of a woman with light skin, dark hair, and blue eyes, with some blue extra lighting from below

Painting/color practice using an OC I haven’t drawn in a while, Veria

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He was really fun to draw! A lot of details but satisfying to work on haha

digital flat-colored sketch of a tiefling rogue. He’s leaning against a wall and posing with a dagger, holding a bag and keys that he stole. His outfit and hair are elaborate pink/red/white designs, and he has dark red-ish skin. He has a lot of jewelry and piercings.

Color sketch commission ✨

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Thank you!! :D 💖

photo of painted Emperor’s Children miniatures for Warhammer 40K. Their armor is pink with black trim, and teal and gold/silver accents

photo of the other side of the same minis

More EC minis! Infractors, first test of an actual unit rather than leaders. I really like the way this army is turning out (and hopefully I’ll get faster at painting them haha)
Accent color looks a lot more green in person; I’ll try to adjust lighting/camera better next time

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photo of 5 Necron Lychguard miniatures from Warhammer 40K. They are painted in the colors of the Nihilakh Dynasty; silver, blue, and gold. Their weapons and energy glow are green.

some Nihilakh Lychguard ✨

It was fun to try a different Necron dynasty than I’m used to painting

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digital painting of an undead soldier in samurai-like armor, with a blue glow coming from inside the armor panels. She is holding a glaive in one hand and conjured blue fire in the other.

Medasa Keyara, the Phoenix Ascendant ✨

We finished the first arc of our Pathfinder campaign before a break for the holidays, and in an attempt to combat a fey cult we accidentally released an ancient army of undead constructs. oops

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