I'm gonna do a couple posts, but I try not to post too often and getting new art of my own to share every day means I've fallen behind on my backlog of cool art to share, so I'll try and do a few of these. As the userbase continues to scatter, it's possible that I will simply stop doing these, and if that happens I will probably do a series of posts about some of my favourite artists to follow and where you can find all those people, now.
Mother of Pearl by Io
Such good value grouping, here. Love how murky they've made this kelp forest, and yet it still feels lush.
"some linework ??" by Seven Deven
Once again, murky waters, a kelp forest, and great value grouping. That lighter cloud of bubbles pointing directly through the line of action of the main character and right to the high contrast light area of the conch shell. I really like the decision to make the individual bubbles this super bright saturated green. It works so well with the rest of the palette.
"And have a good week" by Gregory Fromenteau
Sometimes I am simply charmed by a very well executed version of a simply concept and this is one of those cases. Really love all the detail crammed into that airship and there's a great blend of like, sailing ship, steam boat and steam train all mixed in there.
untitled by Marina Lunina
I think this is maybe FF6 fan art, but that's not why it's in here. It's in here for it's colour palette and it's incredible sense of movement. This whole thing is like streaming and swirling around.
Matoya by Josh Corpuz
Josh Corpuz is an artist with a really good handle on the sort of Akihiko Yoshida ink drawing look and has a ton of great fantasy character design in the Final Fantasy sort of vein. This character was a response to the prompt: "I want FF17's protagonist to be a lady in her 70s named Matoya." Josh has just a really solid grasp on costume design through his work. I particularly love this lady's jacket. Incredible collar.
天 華 亂 墜 by Guling Guo
Okay, so here's more fan art and an emphatic request that you read Land of the Lustrous, but even without that context this piece is eerie and really well composed. Really incredible colour use. I love how the more neutral teals of the flowers and leaves make the blue hair on Phos pop super well, and another perfect example of value grouping, using the shadows on the hands to establish focus on the figure even though the figure and hands have the same local colour.
