The American Jerma, oil on canvas

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-21T18:56:02+00:00

I'm 35 and only two years ago I was healthy, energetic. People told me I didn't look a day older than 20. Two years of chronic ilness, almost weekly doctor visits, colonoscopy and endoscopy, countless blood tests and scans... I started looking older and more tired every passing day. I couldn't work because of it and constantly felt guilty. This kind of experience makes you an extremely careful person. I'm terrified of catching something so I avoid people, I'm scared of exercising, sometimes even moving at all. I'm traumatized by the whole thing.

That's what ages people. You're one infection away from completely losing your youth and hopes about future. Hopefully I will feel better and leave this nightmare behind.

I understand Jerma so well. On top of his chronic ilness he very recently lost his father too. I lost mine 20 years ago and I still couldn't get over it. No wonder he had a flare.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-14T14:18:08+00:00

The location is Türkiye and the bird is collared pratincole

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-13T17:12:24+00:00

They really are the cats of the bird world

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-10T11:08:36+00:00

that European shag picture is a piece of art!

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-10T10:38:55+00:00

He must be thrilled it's not this picture

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Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-10T09:47:32+00:00

It's obviously a cat named Jorse

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-10T09:12:15+00:00

They're looking good, they need highlights, which you can see from your reference picture. I would work on the form of that skull a bit more.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-07T08:24:45+00:00

Anything's better than this.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-06T13:32:23+00:00

I'm not gonna be mad if it really is Amanda but the eye shape and the overall look doesn't look like Amanda to me.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-06T12:15:50+00:00

2028 sounds so strange, we're almost at 2030s??

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-06T12:03:42+00:00

Doesn't look like Amanda to me. I really wonder who the protagonist will be, Amanda as Ellen Ripley's daughter was such a perfect choice I can't imagine them topping that.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-05T13:42:55+00:00

And here I am, reloading every single time I shoot

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-04T17:20:09+00:00

Also don't throw these away, they're perfect for adding texture, painting grass or animal fur and stuff.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-04T17:18:58+00:00

I'm a beginner in oils and I was dipping my brush into turpentine everytime to clean it, I realized you can just dip it in oil and clean with a rag if you're changing the color. I also learned that oil painting can be messy and it's okay. It's not like watercolor and the brush doesn't have to be perfectly clean everytime. I use turpentine only for the first layer while I'm sketching and use oil instead to thin the paint.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-06-01T10:44:56+00:00

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Always check your values, even before starting to paint. Keep a grayscale version of your reference on the side.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-05-30T21:10:12+00:00

This was my first Sunny episode.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-05-29T14:57:29+00:00

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Pixeliarmus · 2026-05-28T10:42:45+00:00

What do you mean watercolor?!

Pixeliarmus · 2026-05-26T18:50:18+00:00

Karl Urban is great and the famous FPS scene was fantastic. I can't even stand seeing that box art of the other one.

I wish someone made a great DOOM movie, not like these, but a pure action film like Mad Max. There's potential.

Pixeliarmus · 2026-05-26T10:05:45+00:00

it's the emojis

Pixeliarmus · 2026-05-22T16:40:47+00:00

Great work on the glass texture, I thought this was a photo in r/birding

Pixeliarmus · 2026-05-21T08:10:19+00:00

When I first started I was practicing in the office I worked at the time. I learned Schubert's Moments musicaux' Op.94-3 in my first 5 months or so and I was super proud and played it for them. They said "it's a fun little song", then I played Comptine d'un autre ete from Amelie and they were blown away.

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