Ranza's Art Blog

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Many images ahead~


This blog will/may contain:
` Doodles/sketches/WIPs
` Non-TEF art (usually will just be another animal)
` Violence/blood
` Disturbing images (for example, a figure twisted in unnatural ways)
` Humans? Idk probably just faces or something, if any at all

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11/15/16




FRIIHA SKETCHES ♥ I should seriously play her more, and do more with her. She's always been/will always be incredibly close to my heart and I draw her all the time anyway 8[
Does anyone remember Raven's character Satchel? He's the canine frolicking with Friiha in the bottom one ;u;










11/11/16 - Mellamie sketches ♥ I added her freckles last minute because otherwise she'd look just like her mam! Might end up refining/coloring a couple of these, especially the bust on the left since I rly like how she looks there.










11/9/16 - Little Gris 'n Beñat sketch ;u; Gotta draw Gris more... I have two or three doodles in my head, just gotta get 'em out!











11/8/16 - This is Knave (feat. Rav's doge char Grave on the bottom)! He's currently a non-TEF character (who'll prObably end up here one day) - he was a custom-designed Joker Hound, a species made up by VVabu on deviantART. I forgot to add the diamond on his chest, as seen here (by VVabu). I'LL FIX IT ONE DAY
I have two other Joker Hounds - Queen and Labyrinth! Queen was once VVabu's character whom I adopted, and Labyrinth was my first custom before I got Knave.





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9/22/16




ROFL okay so the other night Monroe was being mopey because Ross died but then HE FOUND ABHIRI and she was an A+ distraction. She's too adorable and easy to mess with to be sad around her, in his opinion (plus he wasn't sure if she was aware that her cousin died...... and this was before Zorn revealed to him that Ross could come back to life, so he was like nnnnNNNOT GONNA BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS THIS TIME). These were just messy doodles I did, inspired by a couple interactions of theirs during their fun times together! Although I'm sure 'Bhiri wouldn't agree that being bloodsnotted on was all that fun... but no matter, he's convinced he'll be able to successfully convert her to Monroeism. One day she will view his blood as a gift, he says... one d a y




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9/7/16




WIP (and closeup) of a grayscale Reina for a raben
Also trying to be brave and go lineliness in some parts. I'd really love to experiment more with this style. It's taking me hours to do but SO DOES EVERYTHING ELSE, SO!!! Hopefully I'll have time to spare that I can dedicate to at least a couple more of these!
I also have 197123092183 wips of attempts at looser sketches 8[ WILL POST THOSE WHEN I FINISH 'EM TOO




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8/30/16



I recently took over ownership of Mellamie, the daughter of my old character Skelarrow and Nopje's lovely doe Waarhijd. This is her redesigned appearance, and I'll be making her new CSS eventually as well. A little more info about her can be found here




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8/28/16


It's been a few months since I posted in here because CLASSES ARE HARD ;; Free time hasn't been too easy to come by - in fact this was the worst summer I've had since I can remember. I had so many plans and intended to be active af around here, but that definitely didn't happen :c So I'm just gonna toss a bunch of sketches and doodles I've done since.. May? idek anymore what is time




Lexi 'n Levi doodles. Had some muse for them since they are grieving deeply for the recently-deceased Sevigne ;; ♥ (I'd forgotten how much I loved drawing Alexei! Even though her markings destroy my hand...... but THE PAIN IS WORTH IT, all the love at Quam for designing such intricate gorgeousness)










Plague without his antlers because I still don't know how I want them to look at this angle AND I was too lazy to add them in anyway because I'm incapable of more detailed/'finished' pieces atm, sigh. I DO LIKE THE VIBE OF THIS PIECE THOUGH











WELL, her name's Biasi and I'm still figuring out the rest, but I wanted another human-faced character because pRACTICE IS NEEDED. Her body's b&w only because I cannot for the life of me settle on colors or even markings.. so both of these are still giant wips but yEAH this girl will probs wake up in TEF one of these days. Dunno if a bio will be made tho - might stick to a tumblr bio at first once I get around to making it? we shall c










And then there's also this goliath beetle boy :///... may I rest in peace










Renata and June - the two have yet to actually meet, but Raven and I were imagining what it might be like (and I freaking love the beauty that is Renata's design - JD you've got skills) so thus this doodle was born.










I did this quite a while ago actually, but for some reason never posted it?? SMOKE FRIIHA.










Noemi and Beñat sketch!




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5/20/16



I haven't shared much of my traditional art on here (IDK WHY, I totally will now), but I thought I'd share a couple! I actually made it at the end of 2014, but I still love it so much. It was my final project for my Mixed Media Painting class! It's a sculpture of Vol in a style that is supposed to seem as if it could be placed in a shrine of some sort (since Vol is a god). Those are real whitetail antlers, the twigs I got from the forest behind my house (and spray-painted them gold), and there are bones in the nest that you may or may not be able to see (plus a turkey feather and paper rose)!











Here's one more traditional art! I did this in late 2014 too, during the same class/semester of uni as the Vol sculpture. It was a style appropriation assignment, so we had to pick a contemporary artist whose style we were to appropriate - but we were to come up with our own subject to make it our own. I chose Italian artist Marco Mazzoni, who uses only colored pencils in his art. My parents were wonderful and bought me a set of the same brand of colored pencils that Mazzoni uses (Faber-Castell Polychromos), so I used them in this piece. My subject was Emahi, a marbled fox who once represented me (but still does to a degree). I included poppies since they're my favorite flower (thx TEF) and they represent sleep/dreams - Emahi came to me in a dream-like experience I had. I also included Death's Head Hawkmoths since.. they're my favorite moths LOL but also because they represent death and rebirth (Emahi has antlers growing from her shoulders, and antlers symbolize life regeneration as well since they drop/grow back).











Forgot to put this up earlier (did it 5 days ago or so) but it's my half of a sketch art trade with Kali/Scythe! This is Amelia, and look at the June she did for me! ♥




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5/17/16



Testing out a more painterly style! Trying to practice with that.
Raise your hand if you want a bloody Monroe kiss ;y




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4/24/16



A late-night Monroe sketch! He's probably thinking something dirty.











A loose sketch of when Gris met Umay - tOOK LONGER THAN IT LOOKS because felines are still my weakness. But, I'm happy I finally doodled ooms after like.. too many years of not drawing her 8[ ♥
I plan on continuing to do these loose sketchy-style doodles of Grisaille's interactions, so expect more of 'em!











Did this a while ago - Virus and Jecca! This is half of Jecca's new design - still gotta draw up her updated ref. Meanwhile have a couple concept sketches of what her true moth deer form might've looked like before she entered TEF:





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4/20/16



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11/26/15




Bloody Monroe kisses, 0/10 would not recommend {unless you're a vampire}




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9/30/15



oOPS, forgot to put June here - finished this a couple days ago, a new ref of sorts. Darkened and warmed her gray colors a bit (but looking at it now, I might warm them a little more). Also added her neck scar.




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9/28/15



"Of Thorns"
Malikorin. New antler design inspired by a lovely sketch Unplugged drew of him years ago.



A subtle re-design of an olddd character Umbra, who was initially created in 2012. She still visits the forest from time to time using this picto.



Monroe



Beñat for Echo ;u;



Quick sketch of an RP scene with Malik, Tor, and Rosalie from a little while ago.



WIP of Noemi's updated design~




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7/6/15



Alexei from a while ago. FINALLY USING THIS AMAZING QUAMAR DESIGN. I darkened the original colors to better suit her.



My redesigned Feonix, Tamsa. I've always loved Tatchit's species and created one back in '13, but I didn't like her design anymore and gave her a total makeover.




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6/12/15



Neiro from a week ago or so! Experimented with thicker lineart. I doodled him again but haven't completed that one yet. I'll post it here when I finish~




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5/15/15



Jecca and her first mothling Thienete ♥



Forgot to put Plague here last time I updated! FORGIVE ME PLAGUE




5/3/15



Drew Leila a few weeks ago ♥ Summer's just a few days away, so hopefully I'll be able to get some more current art in here soon.



June and Solene! I drew this March 28th, forgot to put it here.
Gotta draw June's new ref soooon.



A very rough sketch of my Halfcanter I custom ordered from Nhyra a long time ago. Her name's Syahi {meaning 'ink'} but usually just accepts the nicknames/titles others may call her since she doesn't often give out her name. She's popped up in TEF a few times with this picto. She is typically elusive and solitary in nature, but in TEF she has more of a pack mentality because of the unfamiliarity of the forest - gotta team up with some buddies. She has never encountered humans/the human world and relies a lot on instinct/body language, but is capable of communicating verbally {although her words won't be too eloquent or substantial}. I'D SAY MORE but this description is getting long, so here is her tumblr/bio.



This is almost a year old LOL but I don't often draw humans. It's a portrait of my IRL friend 8D I want to branch out and experiment more with humans this summer, so I'm probably gonna use him and another friend or two as victims.



I did this in 2014 too but I thought I'd share it here anyway. It's a latex rubber mask I made from scratch, and it'd be wearable if I ever find the courage to cut out the eyes {probably won't}. I was inspired by ravens, ibex, and Death's Head Hawkmoths, and decided to turn the design into an actual character named Kallo. He's a púca! I have a couple other non-TEF púca characters too - they're interesting creatures.




1/30-31/15



A gift for Nopje! And maybe a very belated birthday present too, since her birthday was earlier this month ♥
I spent a long time on this, and I wish I could put this much detail into all of my artwork.




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12/30/14


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YES, THERE IS ANOTHA BROTHA. Thelastbrother.
I'm just having a very hard time trying to decide between hair/mane colors 8( The white is cool and would make him unique from his siblings, but that's one of the things about the black - he'd be more cohesive with the rest of the family. Originally he was gonna have white hair, and I made it black just for fun... but then I really really liked how it looked LOL
HELP ME


10/2-3/14
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A quick June before bed ♥

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Friiha.

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Commission for Tisority of Envy.


9/13?/14
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Human Leila.
Alternate version:


8/23/14
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Vol and Nidhem sketch with a little bit of color, from a few days ago. This is how Vol's supposed to look {in b&w} - I need to draw him a new ref picture that is more accurate. I need to draw more in general ff


8/19/14
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Quick Malik sketches from yesterday afternoon. Tried to practice a little bit of perspective but he looks short-bodied instead LOL. Those are his new antlers by the way, or at least a concept. Gotta draw them more accurately/in a way that is easier to see. Ugh I need to work on his bio so much but it's so hard CSS why.
I want to be able to do more than just sketches but playing around with these ink brushes seem to be all I can do at the moment 8[

I'd like to get another div in here for screenshot edits... maybe I'll do that soon. I love doing those.


7/4/14
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Man I can't believe I haven't posted anything here since last year. This last semester of uni was so busy. HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
These are traditional because my grandfather came over yesterday and drew with me {I get all my artistic genes from him}. A sketch of Friiha using a black crayon, and a WIP of Vol~
I turned all images from 2012-2013 into links so this blog will take less time to load C:

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Friiha from a few days ago. Been a long time since I last drew her, and I got inspired while listening to her playlist. I wish I could have more inspiration to draw in general ;;
And another note - I haven't been able to get pictos to spread properly for over a month, and since about a week ago I can't get in at all ;A; I know I'm not the only one with this problem, but hopefully it's fixed soon.




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12/20/13
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An updated bust of human Friiha. I need to draw all of her soon.
Tried out a new style with a new brush, and I looove it. I'll be using it a lot more.
Usually I'm really scared of posting the humans I draw but this came out pretty much exactly how I had it in my head, so I wanted to share ♥


11/29/13
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More Inali. Had this in my head for a while.


11/24/13
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Inali sketches! Haven't drawn her in too long, and I've missed playing her.

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Plague's new design from a couple days ago~


11/17/13
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Sketches of Neiro and some of his closer relations 8D


9/29/13
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A few Malik sketches before bed ♥


9/23/13
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Juuuuune~


9/18/13
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It's been exactly seven months since Vol first entered the forest, and I've finally just now finished his ref picture for his stag form ff.


8/20/13
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Kaeltiir for Han 8D
Testing out a new lineless style~


8/5/13
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I really adore rabbits, and have for a long time. I have no idea why I've barely ever drawn one, so I fixed that B)
This is Jioni, whose name translates to 'dusk' in Swahili. She's a hare c:


8/3/13
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This is Selo {whose name means 'cello' in Indonesian}, a son of one of my other horse characters, Nevermore.


7/31/13
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I've been wanting to draw Neiro more, so I've been working on/planning a few pictures of him with some of his relations. Here's Neiro and Shay! 8D


7/23/13
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I've always loved Tatchit's Feonix species, and finally found the time to design my own. This girl doesn't have a name yet, but was a lot of fun to draw C:


7/6/13
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Mieraak for Whey ♥
Gonna draw Kael for Han soon, too 8D


7/3/13
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Finally got around to drawing Ilmestys, if only a bust. Been trying to get through an art block lately :C


6/26/13
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My half of a trade with Kimi; her Isobel ♥


5/14/13
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WIP of a new Leila picture.

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PLAAGUE AAAANNNGRYYY


5/9/13
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Galaxy Friiha.


4/4/13
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A new design for Gage. Thought I'd try something different by giving him a human face.

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Friiha floating.


2/18/13
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This is Vol, a shapeshifter. He's been a recurring doodle for years but I never actually made him anything more than a sketch until 2011. I really enjoy drawing and roleplaying him, and have repeatedly considered bringing him into TEF {perhaps with his stag form} but I don't think I could unless I retired some of my other deer first. WHO KNOWS, maybe someday you'll see this guy walking around.

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I needed an updated picture of Cervena~

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Friiha (8

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My 'doodle' of Pandora with a skull mask turned into this somehow xD


12/8/12
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My new Saluki character {non-TEF} 8D No name for her yet, but I have a bit of her backstory/current life ideas down already~


12/4/12
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Friiha and her new friend Satchel! ♥


12/2/12
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Friiha-stag.
She appears in this form sometimes, much less skinny and not so petite anymore. Her personality alters just a bit while a male too - she becomes more protective and bolder.


11/17/12
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"There's a place in the dark where the animals go
You can take off your skin in the cannibal glow
Juliet loves the beat and the lust it commands
Drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, Romeo"
-MCR
This is Cannibal, one of my favorite and oldest horse characters, ever. I used to play him here as a deer, but removed him because of his low activity level.

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ROFL this is Neiro's makeover by Shay, drawn some days ago B) Some deer spelled him with peacock feathers, so to make him pretty she used his blood for lipstick and blueberry juice for eyeshadow. He thought he looked amazing indeed until he saw himself in the Pond's reflection.

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Randomly drew Malik with a skull mask, even though he doesn't actually have one.
/too lazy to draw his full antlers[/center]
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OMG wow I have no idea how I

OMG wow I have no idea how I missed these :C Sorry for the delayed response!

@Lacie: ;; You're wonderful.
@Quam: AHH, so glad you approve B) She was so fun to draw, it certainly won't be the last time ♥ And thank you - wanted those fiery feathers to stand out!
@Kamaya: Thanks! 8D

Edit; Wow2 I stole my own page 8[

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lovin' malik's new antlers.

lovin' malik's new antlers. it must suck getting impaled. eue
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Aw, thank you Fin ♥

Aw, thank you Fin ♥ ROFL I do think it'd be pretty unpleasant B]

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Shanol's picture

Amazing... Everything is.

Amazing... Everything is.
Mel in ore, verba lactis,
Fel in corde, fraus in factis.
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Eeep, sorry for the late

Eeep, sorry for the late reply :C Thank you very much though! ♥

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pokes

pokes

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

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shaken so violently by the

shaken so violently by the niripoke that an eye pops out
preserves it in a jar
lovingly gives it to you for christmas

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farts lovingly

farts lovingly
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[1:57:01 AM] Kimi : iant

[1:57:01 AM] Kimi : iant breadhth

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ROFLMAO NO

ROFLMAO NO

ok ew both to the gift and

ok ew
both to the gift and kimi fart

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

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um wow that was a pretty nice

um wow that was a pretty nice gift ok
and kimi's farts smell like roses idk what you're talking about

By Leuvr

gags ok ok eyeballs r gr8

gags ok
ok eyeballs r gr8 gift

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

double posts are gr8 too

double posts are gr8 too

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

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These are very beautiful!

Exclaim These are very beautiful!
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/replies the next year

/replies the next year because I am SNAILRANZA

Thank you! ;U;

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hhhnngggg~ ♥

hhhnngggg~ ♥
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♥! It's so great to

♥! It's so great to see you back ;U;

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Nice to see you still here ^^

Nice to see you still here ^^

(') ) ( (.) ) -makes face

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-makes face back at monroe because sexyboi-

fudge man I love your traditional
esp with the tones and shading like damn gimme more son

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

monroe u cheeky lil shit

monroe u cheeky lil shit
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@Amary: I can't imagine my

@Amary: I can't imagine my life without TEF in it ♥

@Niri: LMFAO OMG THAT FACE IS SPOT-ON
monroe wiggles dot-brows at u because hotbeans
Thank you so much ;A; I don't sketch traditionally so much anymore unless it's for class, but after doing that Monroe doodle I rediscovered how fun it was! When I do more I'll be posting them here for sure. And that reminds me that I still need to scan/upload that pen challenge you tagged me in months ago ffff. SUMMER BEGINS IN A WEEK so soon I shall do all the arts 8D

@Crosscircle: B)))

By Leuvr

omgomg CB I love his dot

omgomg CB
I love his dot brows I want to squish them. PLS
PLS DO POST MORE ALSO I rlly love them I want to see more ok. YEH you better get that done I AM EXCITE.
EXCITE

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

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Monroe looks absolutely

Monroe looks absolutely badass B)
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Thank you very much, Ivy! B]

Thank you very much, Ivy! B] ♥

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dark, grungy and right up in

dark, grungy and right up in my aesthetics.

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

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Awesome to hear B) ♥

Awesome to hear B) ♥

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um Le would like a kiss

um Le would like a kiss plz
seriously your art is amazing. ;-;
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hot B)

hot B)
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@Fin: BLUD-SMOOCH FOR THE

@Fin: BLUD-SMOOCH FOR THE YOUNG KITKAT
just no boogers in return pls... n-not again
Thank you so much though ;; ♥

@Jepha: Thank you B) Monroe gives u a kiss too

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I'm gonna track this and the

I'm gonna track this and the beauty here, too, while I'm at it... ): ♥
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SWEET SILV! sugar silv.....

SWEET SILV! sugar silv..... gonna get cavities because of you 8( ♥

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Been visiting here so much I

Been visiting here so much I forgot I haven't tracked this yet lolfff.

Always been fond of your art style, Ranza! Everything in here is gorgeous. Loving the latest of Monroe though, it came out amazing!

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Hope he don't kiss his momma

Hope he don't kiss his momma with that mouth. :x
You should do more painterly styles, it looks so good.
Account previously Mjrn, returned to Veedeer.

Zorn wants a kiss. :u

Zorn wants a kiss. :u
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@Vee: LMAO I do that all too

@Vee: LMAO I do that all too often myself!
Thank you though, I'm so happy to hear that ;; I can still spot a bunch of things wrong with that Monroe painting, but overall I'm really pleased with it so it's awesome to hear you love it ♥

@Lacie: He'd probably give her a nasty bite instead if he saw her again B> no kisses 4 u mam
I would love to practice further and get things to look even more painterly (and possibly more lineless - I really cling to my lineart rofl) because I like the results as well. Thank you so much ♥

@Crosscircle: FF U NINJA
BIGGEST OF KISSES FOR ZORN ♥

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The Hawkmoths piece is

The Hawkmoths piece is fantastic, pretty much.
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Oh man, thank you so much

Oh man, thank you so much Uit! Took me a good while to complete it, but it was fun all the way through. I'm glad you like it ♥

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BLow my mind away, won't

BLow my mind away, won't you?
Really amazing detail in that.

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

Iiii meant to track this ages

Iiii meant to track this ages ago
Love the new piece, even if it's a WIP the amount of detail is amazing
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oH GOSH, thank you both very

oH GOSH, thank you both very much! So sorry for not seeing your lovely comments earlier ;; ♥

By Leuvr

most very adorable beans !

most very adorable beans
!

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

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I remember Satchel a little.

I remember Satchel a little. Friiha and Mellamie look gorgeous as always. <3
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I always love how Friiha kind

I always love how Friiha kind of looks like a Tim Burton deer. owo