Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)

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Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· 22d

And, some locals gave me a beer right after.

Ink holds a can of Coors Banquet in front of Torreys Peak.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· 22d

Heard a rock tumble behind me and just about shit myself. She's a about 4 feet away in this video.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· 22d

POV: Torreys Peak from the saddle.

POV: you are Ink, sitting at a trail marker between Greys and Torreys peaks in the Rockies, at about 13,700 feet of elevation. You are seated in a pile of scrag, with Torreys peak to the left, a shaded valley to the right, and small fluffy clouds overhead. Your legs are crossed and you're waiting for your companions to return from Torrey's Peak.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· 27d

I've only done 2 attacks so far (I was on a business trip the whole of week 1), but I have 2 more cooking, and this next week I'll be on vacation 🔪🔪🔪 I want to do more traditional bookmarks like I did last year (I hope including those is ok), they were really fun! artfight.net/~Inkmaven

A portrait of a pale, pointed-eared humanoid character with blue eyes and wavy black hair, peppered with white streaks. He is looking upward, toward a clawed, grey-purple hand looming just above him. Set into the background is the creature that is reaching out—all toothy smile. The entire scene is cast in a sickly yellow glow which swirls around the two figures. The color palette is very tight; the rest of the colors in the piece are limited to purples and cyans.

A four-armed oni business woman with golden skin and bright crimson hair sits askew in a tall orange wing back chair. Her heels have been discarded, and she looks extremely bored as whatever sound is coming from her phone drones on. She's wearing a fine pair of tab slacks and a well-tailored white collared shirt. Her hair is styled in huge, soda-liter sized ringlets that cover most of the back of the chair in their sheer volume.

A small and narrow piece of art featuring an indigo finned dragon wading shoulder-deep in rippling water has been laminated and paired with a handmade tassel to make a functional bookmark. It is lined with coordinating scrapbook paper on the opposite side. A label in the bottom right-hand corner says "Handmade bookmark for Arukanoda - Artfight 2025".

A narrow illustration less than 2 inches wide featuring a dark-skinned human with thin dreadlocks, square glasses, and a fine vest, tie, slacks, and overcoat has been laminated and paired with a handmade tassel to make a functional bookmark. It is lined with coordinating scrapbook paper on the opposite side. A label in the bottom right-hand corner says "Handmade bookmark for Niverdia - Artfight 2025". He is holding a few loose sheets of paper and a quill, and appears engrossed in his work.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jul 6

A few in-progress shots 🦊

A photo of the kitsune's tails, showing the four stages that the markings went through as they were completed (pencil sketch, red lining, drying stage, and copic fill)

An angled shot of the kitsune illustration, showing off the markings on the body a little better than the original angle.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jul 6

I am too tired to post a full spread but you all kept me busy this con with 14 at-con pieces! *half* of those were linearts, including this one, which sets a new record for my most complex. #traditional • #traditionalart • #creature • #furryart

An eight-tailed kitsune stands walking toward the viewer with his tails fanned out behind. His tails and extremities are tipped with red, the areas of which are decorated with swirling filigree.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jul 3

All set up at #Anthrocon at table P13! I'll be taking my usual spread of at-con commissions until they fill up 🖊💨 #Anthrocon2026 • #furryart

A picture of the Inkmaven Art booth at Anthrocon 2026! It displays lanyards, wall scrolls, a selection of screen-printed tees, metallic foil and luster prints, as well as stickers and wall scrolls. The booth has a homey but colorful fantasy aesthetic, like a tavern or cottage covered in ivy.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jul 1

(The internet is like, REALLY out.)

A waist deep trench dug through residential property with a conspicuous black wire, frayed at the end, proudly juts from the dirt.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jul 1

Here's a few of my Art Fight-able kids if they spark joy! (I am out of town this weekend and will be largely inactive/unable to retaliate until next week though, just a heads up!) toyhou.se/Inkmaven/cha... (Lark, Trice, Ambra, and Lotus respectively, all have additonal refs on TH!)

Shapeshifter Lark's humanoid ref (they/them). Other info located on their Toyhou.se page:

https://toyhou.se/28420060.lark

Chronomancer Trice'a Aasimar ref. More info and additonal resources are available on her Toyhou.se:

https://toyhou.se/3754704.trice

Arvani Ambra in her sphinx form. Other refs are available on her Toyhou.se:

https://toyhou.se/34026307.ambra-chakavaei

Enoki Lotus's primary reference. Additional Info is available on her Toyhou.se:

https://toyhou.se/39650913.ionia-lotus-yuyen

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jun 30

He made himself a new breastplate recently, and since I fully intend to grow and change this character as their story progresses, I wanna make sure I update their old hand-me-down scale mail that's on the current iteration. Making your first piece of armor that's truly *yours* is a big thing!

Tarot's current artfight ref, showing their old hand-me-down armor and camp clothes.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jun 30

Rargh I wanna update Tarot's ref for artfight but contract stuff has just monopolized absolutely every moment of my time this week. Hopefully I can get something out soon. I hate being this boxed in creatively/timewise. In the meantime, have this rough sketch I did at a friend's house a bit ago.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jun 24

KID...

Moira, yet again, sits on the pile of WIP artwork, this time cleaning her paws.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jun 24

Moira sits on my art: a compilation

Moira, a black tuxedo cat, crouches on top of a piece of traditional artwork with supplies scattered around.

Moira scratches her ear while sitting on some in-progress artwork.

Moira loafs, 'no talk me angy' style, on all of Ink's current WIPs.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jun 24

I committed to a co-working session with friends today, and so traditional art day it is! Hoping to have some badge work done and if things go really well, maybe some toned lineart progress as well.

A photograph of an in-progress badge of werewolf named Va'renkai. While he will eventually be mostly black, only the initial undercoat grey color has been blocked in.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Jun 3

I don't know if this is widely known, but a few years ago I started adding these postage stamp sized thumbs to my at-con process and despite adding an extra step, it has helped speed things up immensely. They're not detailed; just big enough to get the pose across. Purely a communication tool.

Some small thumbnails for a client of an anthro dragon suspended on arial silks.

Various thumbnail poses for a series of commissions with a similar theme.

Two small thumbnail sketches for a client including two anthropomorphic foxes.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· May 1

Hey, I'm Ink! I'm an ace artist who draws primarily furry and fantasy art, with a smattering of my own OCs thrown in when I can find the energy/time for them. This is an awesome pack ✨️

A harpy (they/them) perches on a post or stump, long wing arms dangling for balance. Their toe talons curl around the top of the post for grip.

An aquatic humanoid with a mix of white, maroon, gold, and teal markings looks down at the book they're holding while tapping the end of a paintbrush to their cheek. They have blunt nudibranch like appendages on their head resembling a pair of horns, and a pair of jellyfish-like tendrils extending from the center of their chest.

Tarot the purple firbolg (they/he) sits pensively on the floor in his camp clothing, looking thoughtfully off screen as they gently rest their chin on their thumb.

Phyxius, a silvery anthro dragon dressed in a quilted vest, holds a wand aloft. The tip of the wand is emitting a halo of light, from which stylized swirls of color and shining silver circles spring forth. In his other hand, he holds a tome.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 30

Leah appreciation post 🍃 All art pieces (and character) belong to @kaneewing.bsky.social ! #traditional • #traditionalart • #anthro • #furry • #furryart • #repostyourart

Leah the dryad-vixen preens her "fur", pulling stray leaves and smoothing down the vegetation that covers her arm as she reclines gracefully.

Leah sits on a tree stump, holding a freshly plucked flower. Motes of pollen float in the air around her, and a few creeping vines of the same plant twine around the base of the stump. She gives the viewer a half-lidded smile.

Leah crouches amongst the boughs of a tree, her voluminous hair and tail filling out the branches. Her arms grab the branch above her head, one knee folded to rest on a thicker load bearing branch just below waist level. She has the same alluring smile that seems natural to her face.

Leah luxuriates in a bed of grass and flowers, her arms behind her head and buried in her textured hair. It splays out on the ground behind her, gently displacing the vegetation.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 29

Here's a toned lineart for @blarghdragon.bsky.social, a continuation of a piece from many years ago. Eventually, this will be getting some digital color and turned into a full illustration. #traditional • #traditionalart • #furry • #furryart • #anthro • #repostyourart

Blargh the dragon sits at a couch inside of a modest but cozy home, comparing some herbs in his hand to the illustrations in a book. More herbs and vials are strewn about the table in front of him, and rhe background is a mix of homey decorations like books, potted plants, blankets, and other such things.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 27

A fun piece for Anser of her OC Makami, with a pan pride alt palette 💖💛💙 Love a good OC in an oversized fuzzy jacket. #digital • #digitalart • #humanoid • #repostyourart

Makami the kitsune stands in a Japanese garden, silhouette by the light pouring from a tatami screen. She smiles confidently at the camera, her big white coat sloughing loosely off her shoulders to show her red tattoos. The black fur lining encircles her upper torso like a boa.

Makami the kitsune stands in a Japanese garden, silhouette by the light pouring from a tatami screen, although this time the background is a searing mix of cyan, yellow, and magenta. She smiles confidently at the camera, her big light blue coat sloughing loosely off her shoulders to show her reddish tattoos. The black fur lining encircles her upper torso like a boa.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 26

🍄🍄🍄 #digital • #digitalart • #furry • #furryart • #anthro • #repostyourart

A tawny, white-spotted doe-unicorn dances in a circle of glowing mushrooms. Glowing motes of spores and the volume of her green dress float around her, with the glowing moon through the trees just beyond.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 26

Another art exchange piece, this time for @malusdraco.bsky.social. Skeleton from memory, as this was rendered on a plane! (I am sensing a theme, and it is that I need to get better at posting my exchange pieces to social media, lol). #digital • #digitalart • #creature • #humanoid • #repostyourart

A winged skeleton creature, whose head is aflame with a eerie green fire, is coated in jagged ice crystals which jut out of their ribcage. Their maw hangs open, as if screaming in pain, and a mix of stardust and cold mist swirls around them.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 24

Today seems like a good time to introduce you to one of my OCs, Trice. She's a chronomancer and has a prosthetic filled with stardust, which keeps her magical illness in stasis. She has a few different forms (and some Hades cosplay!) #OCsky • #digital • #digitalart • #humanoid • #repostyourart

Trice dressed as Nyx from Hades, with a few colors swapped to better suit her palette (namely, Nyx's gold armor is swapped for silver).

Trice's main ref. It features a woman with light, pallid skin decorated with glowing, starry freckles. She has hooved feet like a satyr, although one leg is made of glass and filigreed silver. It has two chambers, like an hourglass, filled with starry teal and indigo dust. Her black hair is thick and knee-length, drawn back into a braid. In this form, she has a large set of black wings with a smaller set where her ears should be, and glass horns filled with a similar stardust to her leg.

Trice's alt ref. It features a woman with light, pallid skin decorated with glowing, starry freckles. One leg is made of glass and filigreed silver. It has two chambers, like an hourglass, filled with starry teal and indigo dust. Her black hair is thick and knee-length, drawn back into a braid. In this form, she has no halo or horns, and wings are optional (not shown), and so her appearance is much closer to a regular human, if not for her flowing freckles and ear-wings.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 24

Wisp would be a wonderful "head empty no thoughts" or 'smooth brain' candidate with her big owl eyes, or you know, the galaxy brain cat that looks like its seeing the secrets of the universe 😂😂

Will o' Wisp with a rather human-like expression, her paws crossed. She looks like she's looking down her nose at you.

Willow sits in warm light, staring off into the distance. Who knows what's going on in that little noggin. Maybe nothing.

Wisp sits on the back of the toilet, looking surprised. She always looks surprised.

Wisp sits on the bathroom floor, looking like she forgot why she came into the room in the first place.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 23

A piece for an IRL friend of their DnD character. I intended for this format to be a new commission type, but my schedule had different plans. Perhaps in the future! #digital • #digitalart • #anthro • #furryart • #repostyourart

An illustration of blue dragonborn Nyomtasaliath (Nyom for short). He is wearing fine blue robes with decorative gold and silver trim, as well as a belt with leather accessories. Next to his body is a breakdown of his major stats (strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma. Nyom excels mostly in Constitution and Wisdom, and is fairly average in all other stats.)

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 22

Momentary Refuge 🌿🫧 A collab with @arukanoda.bsky.social from last year, testing to see how our styles worked together. #digital • #digitalart • #creature • #repostyourart

Lavi, an indigo noodle dragon, floats calmly amongst a bed of kelp as sunlight streams through the leaves and surface of the water. Bubbles scatter around her as she moves.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 21

Dawn and Dusk 🌅 Another old exchange piece, wanted to see if I could make the composition work from either angle. #digital • #digitalart • #humanoid • #repostyourart

An angel character dressed in teal robes stretches his wings wide as he soars up through the morning clouds. The colors of dawn are reflected in his starry hair.

An angel character dressed in teal robes stretches his wings wide as he soars downward through the evening stars. The colors of dusk are reflected in his starry hair.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 20

In all my years of trying I have never landed on a solid chibi style, but I still like this one for @nanocolors.bsky.social, from a few art exchanges ago. #digital • #digitalart • #humanoid • #repostyourart

A chibi of a werewolf, in human form, but dressed in a wolf kigurumi. He has a mischievous smile on his face, although the oversized sleeves and tiny socks aren't doing much to help with the intimidation factor.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 19

For @timegear.ink featuring @arukanoda.bsky.social's Tal'whe. When your well-traveled friend takes you to the market festival for the first time ✨️🍎🐟 #digital • #digitalart • #humanoid • #fowldyr • #repostyourart

Looking down on a narrow section of golden cobblestone, Vesma (front) is completely amazed as she slowly wanders between market stalls, with Tal'whe close behind. There are colored flags fluttering overhead and many fresh foods to be purchased in the stalls. In honor of the festival, Vesma and Tal'whe have swapped some clothing elements: Vesma is wearing a rusty silk sash with golden coins and orange fingerless arm gloves, while Tal'whe has adopted her friend's bluish tones by way of a sash with red fringe.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 19

A nice little slice of life piece for TallestBlue done two years ago. Loved adding all the little props into this one! #digital • #furry • #furryart • #anthro • #repostyourart

Two characters interact inside of a home, one (a striped mustelid) Sitting at a drafting desk, the other entering through the doorframe with a steaming mug.

Inkmaven (Artfight?? 🔪)@inkmaven· Apr 17

A very simple but very cute piece for a_shhyyy on artfight this past year. I've drawn a few furies at-con and finally cracked the anatomy code for these little buggers last year sometime, so feel a lot more confident drawing them now. #digital • #digitalart • #HTTYD • #creature • #repostyourart