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Inspired by the 'Moonstone' prompt at the sunshine_challenge. These are taken with two different types of light sources, so the metallic paint shows really well in one, but the normal water color paint shows better in the other.

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( Luna Moth )

For the sunshine_challenge. When I read that Amphitrite had a crab-shell helmet, I immediately thought of cheek protectors made of crab claws.



Colored pencil on toned paper, with some gel pen work.

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Title: The Polar Sea
Artist: seleneheart
Rating: G
Fandom: original art
Characters/Pairings: whale mermaid
Content Notes: I was searching for bathing suit pics for references for this challenge and saw a pic of someone in a bikini resting on the edge of a sheet of ice and wearing a toque. Thus we have this whale mermaid. I had way too much fun making the cracks in the ice berg and had to stop myself. Kept the palette limited to get it desaturated. Watercolors (everything except the toque is ultramarine, burnt sienna, and phthalo blue), Pentalic Aquajournal.

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( The Polar Sea )

Title: Hodag, the Bass Player
Artist: seleneheart
Rating: G
Fandom: Original Art
Characters/Pairings: Hodag
Content Notes: The second member of the cryptid band, Hodag is a vengeful ox hybrid that haunts the slaughterhouses of the Upper Midwest. Pentalic Aqua Journal, Albrecht Dürer Watercolor Pencils, Edding Drawliner, Bleed-Proof White. Based on the Hodag statue in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

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Title: What Is Lost Can Be Found
Artist: seleneheart
Rating: G
Fandom: Julie and the Phantoms
Characters/Pairings: Julie and Luke
Content Notes: Great excuse to pull out my toned paper sketchbook! Strathmore 400 series 118 gsm, Derwent tinted charcoals, Staedtler drawing pencils (various hardness), Edding drawliner, and Polychromous white colored pencil. It was very hard to stick to the prompt, because all those butterflies on her shirt and in her hair are gorgeous jewel tones in the original. Taken with my phone.

For the "Toned Paper Challenge" on drawesome this month.

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