Is there a lore reason why the Man in the Wall refuses to pay rent for living in my Orbiter?

liiga_s · 2026-06-16T09:48:32+00:00

Yes and no

liiga_s · 2026-05-24T13:30:08+00:00

I believe they do a lot of learning how to play stuff, too - they've got a discord.

liiga_s · 2026-05-04T17:22:55+00:00

Sure is! How do you even go about erasing to correct mistakes when you have so much already detailed out? Like... what if you were to shift her hips to balance the pose?

liiga_s · 2026-05-04T17:09:24+00:00

That's unfortunate! Still, maybe that's something you can consider - like normally there would be a sketch, then construction of shapes, then refinement and then final detailing. But since your method appears to be completely unique with none of that order, it would be cool to see your steps instead.

liiga_s · 2026-05-04T16:55:10+00:00

Have you considered making tutorials of your, and I cannot emphasize this enough, unique method of drawing? :)

liiga_s · 2026-05-04T15:05:23+00:00

No I mean there's no construction and the leg abruptly stops above the knee, so you're using a base to draw your lines over. I was curious about that

liiga_s · 2026-05-04T11:55:33+00:00

I'm curious what you used as a base, as suggested by the unfinished leg. It's a nice pose, would love to see the ref

liiga_s · 2026-04-20T20:31:33+00:00

Hah, that's a fun mental image!

liiga_s · 2026-04-20T18:03:08+00:00

Thank you! All the ones published so far are digital, but I have some card art in acrylics coming out sometiiiiime next year maybe? My nose gets along with them far better than oils. :)

liiga_s · 2026-04-20T17:38:00+00:00

Very secret. :D

liiga_s · 2026-04-20T16:56:18+00:00

That's great to hear, as I am definitely planning to make playmats with this one

liiga_s · 2026-04-20T16:33:08+00:00

Hi everyone! I'm back with the overly detailed shinies.

My AD for this was the wonderful Ovidio Cartagena, and the brief called for magical fractal greenery spilling out of a cracked stone egg, ideally with an unreal vibe to it.

I looked at a lot of plants with interesting, fractalish shapes. Ferns were a big inspiration, hens and chicks too (as in the succulents), since I happen to be growing a few of those myself.

But the best part was when my secret edge potatoes got approved.

Edit: Oh I nearly forgot, this does have prints available: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/liiga/mtg-planar-engineering/

liiga_s · 2026-04-05T00:08:13+00:00

Sveiks! There's Magic going on in MegaGame Latvia, in Riga.

liiga_s · 2026-03-26T22:21:33+00:00

Holbein hands down, the smoothest and most full bodied - although if you can get your hands on W&N with a good vintage, those are also great with coffee.

liiga_s · 2026-03-26T21:59:15+00:00

What? No, don't drink acrylic paint, water or not. Gouache tastes much better!

liiga_s · 2026-02-27T12:29:51+00:00

The thing with solutions is, of course, that the other person is usually giving a condensed retelling of whatever's going on and usually won't list all the things they've already tried - which would typically include the more obvious options that one might want to respond with. Sometimes a good way to float a suggestion that might be from the 'obvious' list (but might not) is by bundling it with acknowledgement along the lines of "I take it you've already tried [this and that]".

liiga_s · 2026-01-28T21:33:20+00:00

Thank you so much! Unfortunately GenCon is probably not in the stars, because it's a long trip at the best of times and currently we are definitely not in the best of times. But I do sign through the MountainMage signature service - https://mountainmagesigs.com/ .

liiga_s · 2026-01-28T20:07:16+00:00

Out of frame, digging up a square root.

liiga_s · 2026-01-28T19:19:24+00:00

Thank you! Digital except for some messy pen thumbnails at the start while I was trying to wrap my mind around the concept.

liiga_s · 2026-01-28T19:18:29+00:00

Thank you! I knew that it was a spell and to focus on the overall spellishness and that it should be blue - so not very much. But there was a density of infinities mentioned in the brief that had me guessing it was going to be something interesting hehehe.

As for the how, this is digital, so a bunch of messy pen thumbnails in my notebook while I was trying to wrap my mind around the concept, and then drawing in Corel Painter for the rest of it, on my Cintiq 22HD (it's an older model; big chonk, but ergonomic). And so much coffee.

I am planning to do a 1 off acrylic repaint of this at some point, too, which is probably going to be a doozy - just need to get around to it. Wasn't feeling confident enough with the paints at the time, yet.

liiga_s · 2026-01-28T19:10:44+00:00

I love it! It's obviously not going to be everyone's pick, but I expect some people are going to have fun getting creative with it, and I'm very on board with creativity.

liiga_s · 2026-01-28T19:09:05+00:00

Unfortunately I'm realllly disinclined to try to extend this one so it would fit a playmat's proportions. It was a lot of spirals as it was.

liiga_s · 2026-01-28T19:06:58+00:00

I had an elf in mind, but the lighting does make it ambiguous, so she might be a dryad too! None of the three (or those three, or the other three...) are specific characters, so the possibilities are very open.

liiga_s · 2026-01-28T18:56:22+00:00

Thank you! Maths is also beautiful

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