Ackernym

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Game developer, Illustrator, tea/coffee lover, (horrible) amateur woodworker, inkmaker, need I go on? Ko-Fi tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/ackernym

A watercolor study of imp Midna from the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess.
A watercolor notan (two value) study of a cliff side by the ocean
A watercolor sketch of a Jacob's Ladder plant. There is a watercolor brush to the left.
A watercolor sketch of Halmarut from final fantasy xiv
A watercolor sketch/gesture drawing of a dragoon from the critically acclaimed mmo final fantasy xiv now with a free trial up to Stormblood (soon to be Shadowbringers). The dragoon is in their typical dragoon pose from the promotional art where they are in profile and their far leg is raised up. Their far hand is holding their lance. The colors are mainly purple and blue with a bit of a pale tone for the face.
A watercolor sketch of a little turtle. If I'm remembering correcting it's a Blanding's turtle. It has a yellow throat and surrounding it is an abstract blue and red shape.
A quick watercolor sketch of Midna in human form from the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess.
A watercolor painting of Makoto Nijima from Persona 5. She is wearing her fall school outfit and she is in front of a blue abstract background.
A screenshot with a results image that says, "Your Delta E ok JND 0.0027. Genuinely remarkable. You sailed past the theoretical human limit like it owed you money. I'd accuse you of cheating, but I don't actually know how you'd cheat at this."
A watercolor sketch/study of Samus Aran from the Metroid Series. I was using a poster from Metroid Prime 3 as a reference
A close up shot of a praying mantis that appears to be looking up at me with its mouth slightly ajar.
A watercolor painting of two trees and two lampposts at sunset. The trees look kind of like an oil slick with several primary colors showing through at various points. There is a fence in the background and the sky graduates from blue to pink, kind of like trix yogurt
A very quick pencil sketch of a person looking slightly down towards the viewer. The background is mostly diagonal pencil lines above the figure's head and then it switches to vertical lines below. The figure is wearing the outline of some sort of poncho.
A watercolor sketch of Marina from Splatoon 2 wearing her Octo expansion outfit
A pencil drawing/study of the musician Beatrice Martin. She's clasping her hands together. All the pencil lines are vertically hatched.
A loose watercolor painting of a mountain at dusk/dawn that is experiencing the phenomena known as Alpenglow. When the mountain gets hit by the sun at the correct angle it seems to glow with a red orange light.
A watercolor portrait of Marie from Splatoon 2. She's wearing her Octo expansion outfit.
A stylized self portrait in watercolor. I'm wearing a blue hoodie and an orange mock neck sweater underneath.
A watercolor sketch of a bunch of bushes and trees and vines as seen from my back window. There are bits of the sky poking throughout the image, especially at the top.
A teeny casein painting of a tree on a blue sky background. The leaves of the tree are yellowish and there are several little spots of the sky that are poking through the leaves. I imagine the tree is an Aspen or birch tree in fall
A pencil study of Erenville, or Elene'shpya, from Final Fantasy XIV. This is a study I did in my sketchbook from a reference image
A watercolor study of a landscape done in plein air. There is a large dark green tree on the left third of the composition, and there is a loose suggestion of trees in the background. In the foreground there is a warm brown suggestion of various grasses and autumn-flowering plants. The sky is a very light blue grey
A watercolor illustration of a woman with black hair and a blue shirt staring at the viewer. She has an orange red necktie on. The background is magenta. She looks serious
A small stylized watercolor painting of a woman. Her skin is purplish and red, and her hair is blueish purple. The background is a really dark green
A watercolor painting of two trees that are completely in shadow. There are also two street lamps in the middle of the composition. Everything is quite dark except for the blue sky that fades to red, as it is dusk. The streetlights haven't turned on yet. Further still, behind the streetlights and trees is a wooden fence.
A loose watercolor portrait sketch of a head and upper body. There is a vague impression of some type of purple clothing on the figure and the background is blue and orange.
A loose watercolor painting of a vaguely shaped figure from the bust up. The hair is red and relatively dark, and the skin varies in shades from cyan to a dark orange
A painting by John Singer Sargent of a man with a moustache wearing glasses
A pencil study of a portrait by John Singer Sargent of a man with a moustache, glasses, and a bowtie.
A watercolor painting of Urianger from Final Fantasy XIV. He's wearing his shadowbringers outfit and he's holding an astrologian card in his right hand, which is across from his body. He seems to melt away into the light blue background and the features outside of his face are only loosely defined
A watercolor painting of Mont Saint Michel done to attempt to emulate the style of JMW Turner's watercolor sketches. The city is in the upper right, and there are some loose suggestions of rivers snaking their way from the foreground to the background. They all lead to Mont Saint Michel. I used French Ultramarine, Raw Sienna, and Burnt Umber for this piece
A watercolor sketch of a snaking road lined with trees on the left and right. There is a dark building on the right, and in the sky there is a gigantic blue cloud that towers over the composition. With the exception of the sky, the rest of the piece is quite dark
A loose pencil sketch of Lyse from Final Fantasy XIV storm blood. The pose she's doing is based on concept art from storm blood
A watercolor painting/study of the warrior of light boss fight from Final Fantasy XIV shadowbringers, specifically the post game patches. The warrior has a horned helmet and he is holding a sword that is very foreshortened diagonally pointing towards the upper left edge of the painting. In his right hand he is holding a shield. The background is a very light blue
A zoomed in image of a praying mantis. It's face looks like it's staring up at me in shock or anger
A picture of a praying mantis on the pavement.
A small watercolor study of some clouds and a blue sky. The clouds are a desaturated orange. There is orange in the sky as well, to contrast with the blue.
A watercolor sketch of a single flower from a Rose of Sharon plant. The background is a loose green gray and the flower itself is white with a red center and a yellow...stamen? style? One of those things
Three watercolor sketches done using a limited palette. The top right one is a vague painting of a head in front of a blue purple background, the sketch on the left is completely abstract with a large light blue shape surrounded by a dark red orange color. The lower right sketch is a cool colored tree surrounded by a light background. There is a warm, grass like shape in front of the tree
A watercolor painting of Marina from Splatoon 2 wearing her outfit in the octo expansion. The yellow in her hair constraints with the dark purple blue in the background
A digital painting of Y'Shtola from Final Fantasy XIV wearing her shadowbringers outfit. She's standing in front of a deep purple starry night sky and the Crystal tower, which is glowing a light blue color
A watercolor painting of Samus, Ridley, and the Metroids from the Metroid series. The composition is centered and vertical. Samus on the bottom is wearing her phazon suit and behind her is a menacing looking Ridley slashing his claws town towards her with a glowing orange eye. Behind them are two baby Metroids and the planet Ether from Prime 2. The background is a dark green blue.
A watercolor self portrait. I am looking in almost profile to the right. Behind me to the left is a purple red background, and to the right is a dark blue
A loose watercolor painting of marina from the splatoon series. She appears aside she's blending into the background. I think her outfit is the one she's wearing from the octo expansion in Splatoon 2. Around the study there are some random splatterings of watercolor from earlier tests I was doing.
A watercolor self portrait. I am wearing a light blue shirt and round glasses. I'm nearly in profile view and to the left in the background is a vertical red shape, and below my chin on the right is a blue shape. The rest of the background I left the paper white
A watercolor painting of Marie from the Splatoon series, specifically her outfit from Splatoon 2
A watercolor study of two apricots on a light blue table. The apricot on the right is cut in half with its pit still in. The background is a deep green blue and you can see the reflection of the apricots on the surface of the light blue table
A high key painting of a blue heron. The heron is in front of a light orange background that becomes a gray green as it gets lower on the page.
Watercolor fanart of Franziska von Karma from the Ace Attorney series. She's looking to the right and there is a blue background behind her
A watercolor painting of a grouping of pink peonies. The background is a light green, with some abstract dark leaves directly behind the flowers themselves. There are 5 flowers
A watercolor landscape with a light gray background and several mountains arranged in an aesthetically pleasing way. Between the far mountains and the close mountains is a large rock reflecting off the water
A watercolor painting of a rosebush. The roses are a full yellow orange. There is one main rose on the bush in full bloom and the others in the background are out of focus. The background is vaguely reminiscent of a bush full of leaves. Further still is a light blue background
A loose watercolor painting of a face. The background is a blue-ish color
A small watercolor sketch of Callie wearing the mind control shades from Splatoon 2. She is staring directly at the viewer
A pixel art illustration of a man in silhouette on the left looking at a cityscape on the right. The full moon is in the upper right corner and the title, El Fierro is emblazoned in the upper middle of the screen.
A loose watercolor sketch of Link from the legend of Zelda series. He's vaguely wearing his green hat and the implication of his tunic from Twilight Princess. Behind him, and blending into him, is a light blue background
A watercolor painting of big man from Splatoon 3. He's wearing the outfit shown in the Splatoon Raiders reveal trailer
A watercolor study of Frye from Splatoon Raiders. She's wearing the outfit that she has on in the trailer
A watercolor painting of shiver from Splatoon 3 wearing the outfit she was shown in in the Splatoon Raiders reveal trailer