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#swordandsorcery is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 67 people shared 229 posts with it — around 8 a day. Activity is down 8% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 23 with 17 posts.

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO
@neonufo.bsky.social
6 days ago
experimental piece for july! last moment replacement for something i realized i couldn't pull off on time. very rushed, but it turned out pretty cool!
Digital illustration on vertical canvas
Theme: Fantasy / Dark fantasy / Experimental
Character: My OC Lubi, he/him, transmasc
#Artsky #QueerArt #TransArt #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery

This is a digital piece, predominantly in black, red, white and brownish colour.
In the center a fully black figure seems to be phasing through the background, as only parts of his body are visible. Some of these parts are flat, while others have highlights that give it dimension. The figure wears only a loin cloth and a helmet. There is a red heart on his chest, and stylized top surgery scars - these three elements are very central to the piece, drawing one's eye to them.

A stylized fiery ponytail seems to be attacked at the back of the helmet, and similar wavy styled flames surround the figure on left and right. At the bottom part of the image, the red phrase "SEE IT THROUGH" can be seen. The figure is holding a sword, the blade of which is piercing through the O in 'THROUGH'.

The background is a heavily edited and distorted photo, and the image has a white overlay that makes it look like a damaged book or poster.
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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO
@neonufo.bsky.social
2 months ago
here's a very belated may experimental!
Digital illustration on vertical canvas
Theme: Fantasy / Dark fantasy / Experimental
Character: My OC Lubi, he/him, transmasc
#Artsky #QueerArt #TransArt #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery

Because I had no time in May to work on the monthly experiment, I wanted to make something quick and simple, so this piece has a central composition, depicting an unshaded fullbody character against a (very edited) photo background. 

The character is a transmasculine person, as seen by the scars on his chest. He is a sword & sorcery-style knight, wearing no shirt or pants, but only a chainmail loin cloth, ornate girdle, fringed boots, cape and a pig-nose helmet with a heart-shaped visor. There is a heart-shaped hole on his chest, and fire rising from a hole on top of his helmet. He is standing in a relaxed pose, holding his sword vertically across his shoulders. He is coloured nearly flat in two hues of light brownish-orange, accentuated with heavily textured lineart.

Behind him is a red fiery frame with a glowing effect.
The background is a heavily edited photo. The sky appears purple and does not hide pixellated particles caused by the editing. Below the sky is a dark green treeline, most details of which were erased. Lastly there is the grass, which took on a reddish hue.
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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO
@neonufo.bsky.social
5 months ago
March experimental
Digital illustration on vertical canvas
Theme: Fantasy / Dark fantasy / Experimental
Character: My OC Lubi, he/him, transmasc
#Artsky #QueerArt #TransArt #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery

The background of this piece is dark, in grey, black and few flashes of blue, while the featured character is coloured in hues of pink and orange, as well as a touch of darker purple and green.

An edited photograph was used as the base of the background, with a few hand-drawn patches of grass and a roughly sketched bare tree on the distant right. The sky was cut out from the photograph and left flatly grey, with a few elements scattered about it as well; a couple of hand-drawn dark pink clouds on the left, a line drawing of a wild boar on the right in green line, and two hand-drawn stars. The rest of the stars are taken from a photo of the night sky at my parents place, with Orion's belt clearly seen on the right-side in the boar's head. On the topmost edge of the image is a pink greek key pattern, which turns downwards a little before the right-side edge. The end of the downturned pattern nearly reaches one of the hand-drawn stars, which is placed over the boar's eye.

The character is placed in the middle of the image, kneeling and wielding a sword. His body is turned leftwards, and his torso is slightly twisted so that the full image of the sword is facing the viewer, lightly obscuring the character's face. The sword is in a light orange/yellow colour, while the face is set in darker tones - desaturated purple, grey and black. While most of the body is pink, his right arm is blue. The character is nude, except for a dark green loin cloth with a thin golden belt. On his feet, he is wearing yellow sandals. On his head, he is wearing a dark grey helm with a heart-shaped visor.

Through a heart-shaped hole in his chest flies a powdery blue falling star, aiming for an illuminated circle on the floor behind the character.
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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO
@neonufo.bsky.social
5 months ago
Finally, a very belated February experiment piece! I barely had time for art last month, so I kept this one as a simple drawing that could be used for screenprinting in the near future.
Digital illustration on vertical canvas
Theme: Fantasy / Dark fantasy
Character: My OC Lubi, he/him, transmasc
#Artsky #QueerArt #TransArt #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery

A very simple monthly experiment for a change, a rough two colour image in blue and pink.

It depicts a graphic design of a character standing in a hole in the ground, holding a sword and looking angry. The art is stylized with a use of many triangular and wavy lines to achieve a graphic effect, while other aspects, mainly the character's body, are more organic, but still very rough in style.
There is a rose on the image, implying the character is rising from his grave, and the background implies a night-time, natural setting due to the depiction of a couple of stars and a pine tree.

The top of the image depicts a quote; "THE HOLE YOU PUT ME IN / WASN'T DEEP ENOUGH"

The piece is predominantly dark blue drawing on a pink background with hints of other colours provided by texturing. It also has a white outline in certain places, as the white bottom layer was slightly moved to achieve the effect.
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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO
@neonufo.bsky.social
6 months ago
Another Elric
Digital spot illustration
Theme: Fantasy / Dark fantasy / Sword & Sorcery / FanArt
Character: Elric of Melnibone
#Fantasy #Fantasyart #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery #ElricofMelnibone

A black and white illustration of Elric on a horse, drawn in a rough style. Elric looks grim on top of a black shiny horse, his white hair a flat shape against a black sky. A sword is seen behind him.
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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO
@neonufo.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
So with a wonder and a wild desire I will crawl from under every weight -[♫]
Digital illustration on horizontal canvas
Theme: Fantasy / Dark fantasy / Experimental
Character: My OC Lubi, he/him, transmasc
#Artsky #QueerArt #TransArt #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery

This is a digital piece, using a lot of collaging for texture and background elements.

It features an armoured character with fire hair and a sword gazing towards a black spired castle being struck by lighting, backed by a rainbow. The ground is dark, as are the clouds above, but the central section shows a blue and pink sky, reflecting in the puddle of water in the foreground. A line of four tall trees leads to the right of the castle, and two black birds are accompanying the character.

Right of the lighting is a series of black stars/sparkles in a distinct pattern. The pattern is based on Braille, spelling "Fix your heart or die".

The initial background was lifted from a scene in Excalibur (1981) and re-textured with my own photographs. The armour was also copied from a different scene in the movie and outlined fully with lasso tool. Specifically, I turned to Excalibur for the extreme shininess of armours in it.
The background also uses one of my photographs, mostly smudged with a little bit of a treeline seen in the distance. The fire hair, birds, trees, castle and lightning were all freehanded with lasso tool, giving them a rough shape.
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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO
@neonufo.bsky.social
11 days ago
Another melancholic Ire, but pink this time, which it superior
Digital illustration on vertical canvas
Theme: Fantasy / Dark fantasy / Experimental
Character: My OC Ire, he/him,
#Artsky #QueerArt #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery

This piece features predominantly pink and lilac hues. In central composition it depicts a warrior (Ire), resting his green war axe on the ground next to him, with one leg on a slightly higher ledge than the other. He's wearing a black/grey sleeveless shirt and a colourful loin cloth in green, red, pink and blue. His body is of a pink colour, while his face is green with red and black markings and two horns on his forehead. His hair (depicted with only a flat black shape) is long and black, sticking out in the back like red-tipped quills. His expression is grim.

In the background we see a foggy sky with a partially clouded rising sun, and a brief view of mountains on the left.

The ground Ire stands on is grey and purple, while behind we can see a shock of tall blue grass. On the right of the foreground is a cluster of pink and blue flowers with pointed petals.

Overall the painting has a very painted look, and an applied texture to mimic a slightly weathered book cover.
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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO
@neonufo.bsky.social
6 months ago
𝔸ℝ𝕀𝕆ℂℍ ⚔️
Digital illustration on vertical canvas
Theme: Fantasy / Dark fantasy / Sword & Sorcery / FanArt
Character: Elric of Melnibone
#Fantasy #Fantasyart #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery #ElricofMelnibone

A black and white illustration with some chromatic effects in dull blue and pink.

It depicts the main character, the albino prince Elric of Melnibone, standing in the bottom-middle with his right arm raised high, holding a black sword. The sword is top-central in the image and emits a blinding light.

Elric has long white hair and an angry expression, and he is wearing a short black tunic. His checkered belt is decorated by the Chaos symbol. A chain across his chest implies he is wearing a cape, which is depicted in a somewhat abstract way, as a white shape behind him.

Leftwards of elric is a large snarling canine beast, and rightwards is a rising smoke.

In the upper-right and the lower-left corner are two large clawed hands, seemingly coming to grasp Elric. The bottom one is cast in shadow in the foreground, and the upper one highlighted by the light from the sword.
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