Kurome Ankokuboshi: Dragon Girl
Oct 28th, 2020
Kurome Ankokuboshi from the Neptunia Series, now with 50% more dragon.
Lunati enjoys a cup of relaxing tea.
You can read more about Lunati here - www.nimbaterra.com/lunati.html
Happy Birthday, Tacoma
August 10th, 2020
Tacoma celebrates her birthday with a snowy cake.
Little gift for myself.
Self Portrait
July 21st, 2020
Self Portrait of the artist, Tacoma.
Fourteen hours in Photoshop.
Tea Time with Lychee Sweetnut
July 4th, 2020
Illustrated story page for Lychee Tales.
Tasmin has a cup of tea at the Cindermint Cafe.
Emerey Has The Solution
June 28th, 2020
Emerey is always so eager to help.
But of course, something else is bound to go wrong.
In The Name of the Moon
May 31st, 2020
Jumping on that sailor moon theme bandwagon. Just got a new mouse and needed to test it out.
Really happy with the results here.<3
Fullsize is available as a wallpaper for Patrons .
Let's Make A Contract
May 14th, 2020
A silly idea became a quick painting.<3
"Don't you want to become a magical girl?"
Hatsune Miku Is Your Boss
May 12th, 2020
Successful Boss Miku with Emerey, her sleepy minion.<3
A special piece made for my wife, I am proud of her accomplishments this year. We both love Miku & Vocaloid.
Moonlight Kiss feat. Miku x Luka
Jan 17th, 2020
Commissioned icon for my wife's Vocaloid Discord Server.<3
Miku & Luka forever.
Cannabiscuit Taking a Break
Jul 1st, 2019
Painting for my friend cannabiscuit of her pot ott. This one took awhile since I've had very limited time to work on art lately but I enjoyed doing this for her and I'm so glad she likes it! I love drawing otters. <3
This was done from start to finish with my mouse on my old ass laptop, like all of my previous submissions *but* I'm getting a new pen soon for a tablet so I'm really excited to try that out soon!
Stripes on Stripes
May 30th, 2019
A little painting of Tacoma's butt since she needed a quick posterior ref. Stripes on stripes.
Portrait for Kuro
May 5th, 2019
Colored sketch for one of my Patreon supporters of his male cyber-dragon, Kuro. This was a traditional sketch from the reward tier that I scanned and digitally colored for him.
www.patreon.com/tacoma29
Character Reference for Kuro
May 4th, 2019
A character reference commission for a friend of his cyber dragon, Kuro. This one took a couple of months since this character was designed from scratch and I had a lot of other commissions in progress. I don't normally do these due to the length of time required to finish them. I think it turned out well enough and I'm glad Kuro's owner likes it, too!
The spiciest little taco
Apr 1st, 2019
The supreme Taco.
Hatsune Miku - Despair
Mar 21, 2019
A personal piece. Hatsune Miku is too broken to sing and is discarded.
It's no surprise I'm a fan of Hatsune Miku & Vocaloid but this is the first piece I've finished with her.
Speed Paint: Space Otter
Mar 4th, 2019
A quick little digital paint of a Space Noodle. Don't let the cute appearance fool you. These guys engage in some morally questionable acts, not unlike earth otters.
Working to get faster with paintings by doing lots of small stuff. This one took just under 1 hour, mouse & photoshop cc.
www.patreon.com/tacoma29
Lunati has been posting her stories and needed a picture of Cenia in her Zengre form. Cenia wasn't invested in engineering until her untimely demise. Cassandra built this form to contain her sister's soul, giving her a second chance. She's not often seen outside of her puppets.
You can read Cenia's story here - www.nimbaterra.com/cenia.html
Painting for Cenia, my wife's undead/lich character. This is only one of her forms. Inside of her chosen puppet is a Zengre, which looks like a little mechanical ferret controlling the form with buttons and levers.
'Cenia absorbed some basic engineering knowledge from her sister, Cassandra, but didn't actively participate in the construction of Zengre until after her own "accident". She was born a white ferret with black eyespots and markings. When she lost her body in an accident, Cassandra bound Cenia's soul to a Soul Ruby implanted in one of her Zengre, which Cenia then uses to control a larger mechanical or skin to serve as her puppet. Any time Cenia's puppet breaks down, she can simply crawl out and find a new one, if the old form is too much trouble to repair'.
You can read more about Cenia here - http://nimbaterra.com/cenia.html
Under the Northern Lights
Jan 9th, 2019
A pixel thing I finished a few years ago in Microsoft Paint. Tacoma chills out under the northern lights. Probably took about 40 hours but it was a kind of therapy piece so there was no rush.
Another Tasmin fossil. This started as my old livejournal icon back in the day. I bumped the resolution up in 2016 and gave it a bit of polish. I'm almost always taking commissions for small portraits like this, so if you dig my style and want one of your own character, check out my commissions page.
www.nimbaterra.com/ports.html
Tasmin's Cave
Jan 9th, 2019
Tasmin the thylacine wakes up and peeks outside of her cave. Boy, this piece is a real fossil. It's one of those paintings I worked on, bit by bit, over the course of many years. I started it back in 2009, spent a few weeks on it and forgot about it until it was time to update Tasmin's profile sometime in 2015. I found it again in 2017, bumped up the resolution, added echidna and kookaburra friends for Tas and just repainted everything. I had absolutely no grasp on color theory in 2009, so the foliage used to be this dull mint green with gross white highlights. I was never totally happy with how Tasmin herself turned out. Given how much I've fussed with this painting and the history behind it, I'll probably dig it up again in 2021 to add Space Otters or some shit.
www.nimbaterra.com/tas.html
Tasmin goes for a run through the poppy fields. This started as a brush experiment and it turned out good enough to use on Tasmin's profile page.
You can read more about Tasmin here - http://nimbaterra.com/tas.html
Cozy Together
Jan 9th, 2019
Lunati and Tacoma may have some size discrepancy in their feral forms, but their hearts are a perfect fit for each other.
Gryofalco, Sky Guardian
Jan 9th, 2019
A snow leopard/peregrine gryphon named Gryofalco was the first gryphon used to transport visitors to and from the Isles of Nimbaterra. He's the leader of the avian flight team on the Isles and bears the responsibility of training new recruits that come through. Gryofalco, while the mascot of Nimbaterra, is one of our least developed characters.
Glimm Foxfire
Jan 9th, 2019
This cutie is Glimm, the three-tailed Kitsune character belonging to my wife. Glimm went largely undeveloped for over a decade until last year when we decided to use her in a role-playing game. Like many kitsunes, Glimm is a master of shapeshifting and fire magic. Although Glimm doesn't wear pants, nobody seems to mind. She's a prankster at heart and doesn't take anything too seriously.
You can read more about Glimm here - http://nimbaterra.com/glimm.html
Emerey the Alchemist
Jan 9th, 2019
A piece for my wife of her very first OC, Emerey the alchemist. She's a nekomata with two long purple tails, a love of fire, explosions, and causing all kinds of mayhem. Emerey's mentor, Nyx, lost her body in a potion brewing accident. In her panic, Emerey discovered the formula to create Soul Rubies, the same enchantment that binds a spirit to a gem, allowing Nyx to live on in the body of a magpie. This is the same magic that empowers Cassandra's Zengre beyond the limitations of classical machines.
You can read more about Emerey here - http://www.nimbaterra.com/emerey.html
Tacoma - Summer Stars
Jan 9th, 2019
Maybe a solid day or two of painting, I wanted a new profile image for discord last september and this was the result. Tacoma's hair was an ongoing experiment in 2018, but she's getting much closer to the style I want for her.
You can read more about Tacoma here - http://nimbaterra.com/tacoma.html
Wings Like Clouds
Jan 9th, 2019
This was one of those rare times where digging up something old and giving it an fresh coat of paint was a good idea. Here's an old gallery badge that I upscaled and edited in 2016 to use as the header image on my site. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
Tasmin Thylacine
Jan 9th, 2019
A piece I made for Tasmin's profile page as an example of her build and attire. She loves collecting bones, hides and hanging out in the woods. I haven't yet found a good place for her in the Nimbaterra Chronicles but, in an rpg setting, she would probably play like your typical ranged damage/hunter class. Her best friends are Glimm and Emerey. Tasmin is a thylacine.
You can read more about her here - http://nimbaterra.com/tas.html
Good Morning
Jan 9th, 2019
Tacoma hasn't always possessed the fun thing she's got in her hand. Some time ago, she had an intimate encounter with a futanari. When her DNA was introduced to Tacoma's, one of the genes responsible for shapeshifting reacted to transform her sex organs to match her partner's. Tacoma hoped to change it back, but it had already become a part of her base form. As time passed, she grew more comfortable with this change and today, she's quite happy with it. :)
This picture was tied into a very rough patch. I was struggling with art, depression and generally feeling like complete shit after a terrible start to 2018. Lunati saw this and suggested I draw something relaxing, "just for fun." She said I didn't have to share it, I didn't even have to finish it. I just had to draw something I liked, for myself, not tied into updates or my portfolio. This was the result. So much time went into it that this eventually grew into something I felt comfortable enough to share. A healing piece, and it's literal masturbation. Go figure.
You can read more about Tacoma here - http://nimbaterra.com/tacoma.html
Morpheus the Sleeping God
Jan 9th, 2019
The great drake, Morpheus, is a respected and revered deity on the isles of Nimbaterra. His presence brings vivid, joyful dreams and rejuvenating sleep to residents of the isles. He first came to the planet when the progeny of the wind and shadow goddesses was born, the original Gryphon Heart. He followed this individual to the isles to serve as their protector. In his shadow grew glorious, bright blue poppies that tower up to six feet tall and are renowned for having the most potent medicine. Morpheus is also in charge of giving the dying relief from their pain, as well as sending them off on a peaceful and pleasant dream in their final moments.
Morpheus has an important job on the isles, which he carries out once a year each winter on a day known as The Divine Harvest. For one day, he awakens and blesses the poppies that grow throughout Nimbaterra. This causes the plants to produce more medicinal opium as well as protecting those who use it from any of its ill effects. This lasts for the duration of the season. His blessing also helps the next year's crops grow healthy and strong. Once this task is complete, he finds a comfortable place to curl up, encases himself in iridescent stone and slumbers until next year's harvest is ready. Morpheus sleeps as long as he does to regenerate his gift, which he can only give once a year.
Lunati is Tacoma's partner in our stories. Her owner is my wife. We met on Furcadia in 2004 and have been married for some years now.
I really enjoyed working on this piece, for a few reasons. First, I love surprising Lunati with art and she's gets just as excited as I do developing my own characters. Second, the background actually started as pixel art which was upscaled and painted over (if the area looks familiar, it's from the Windy Ledge in CN). And third, her wings turned out even better than I expected. Lunati really hasn't had a consistent wing style in all the time I've been drawing her, and I think we finally found something that works well for her.
You can read more about Lunati here - www.nimbaterra.com/lunati.html
Portrait of Biaggio Blacktalon, Mob Boss of the Cirrus Cartel. Another one of our big bads from the Isles of Nimbaterra.
You can read more about Blacktalon here - http://nimbaterra.com/blacktalon.html
Cassandra is one of the big baddies in our universe. She builds mechanical constructs called Zengre and sends them to the Isles of Nimbaterra to attack Tacoma and other residents. The threat of these ongoing assaults has earned Cassandra a fearsome reputation. After years of suffering unspeakable cruelty at the hands of others, she relishes this newfound compliance and 'respect'.
You can read more about Cassandra here - http://nimbaterra.com/cassandra.html
Tacoma - Frosty Morning
Jan 9th, 2019
Tacoma stays toasty in her warm coat on a chilly early spring morning. I've been complimented on the green highlights in her hair. This painting took longer than many others since it was the first piece of Tacoma with long hair and all but her outfit went on to define her current style. This was done with the same mouse and brush I normally use, but I spent a lot more time keeping the lines consistent. There are still spots I missed. If I work on a piece long enough, details start to fade into the background and I won't know where unless I open the file some time later to study. I've left the remaining messy bits because I think it shows just how involved lining and painting can be with a basic brush tool and mouse.
You can read more about Tacoma here - http://nimbaterra.com/tacoma.html