Sam Connor

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Sam Connor@artbysconnor· 16d

Fringe Buggy - The Next Generation . Part 3/3 of turning Fringe Buggy buggies into people, wrapping up the five most recent buggies to join the Fringe fleet! These young newcomers are eager to prove themselves and show what they’re made of . #characterdesign #sketchbook #digitalart #cmubuggy #frbrf

Five figures on a grey background, each with a colorful design and personality. From left to right and top to bottom:

Bermuda: A young Latina woman with sun-tanned skin with gold freckles, heavy shimmering blue makeup and lashes on her dark blue eyes, and a pouty open-mouthed expression. She's posing with her hand under her chin to show off her long sparkly blue nails, and her curly navy hair has teal and ice blue streaks and is clipped in the back by a blue hibiscus flower. Her skating jacket is dark blue with forked teal and icy blue lines down the arms.

Blackbird: A young Asian man with fair skin, red eyes with eyeliner, a gold hoop earring, and thick black brows. He's biting his lip and mewing at the camera. His hair is worn in a half-braided bun with an undercut, and is black with a silver streak down the center and red and gold streaks in his braid, as well as three red strand bangs that resemble a wing. His skating jacket is black with red, gold, and silver details.

Burnout: A young White woman looks determined at the camera, fist ready. He has purple eyes, a wide smile, and pale blonde hair with hot pink and cyan chunks pulled into a ponytail with her bangs swept to the right. Her skating jacket is sleeveless and purple with pink and blue flames, and she has fingerless arm guards on.

Beetle: A young Arab woman with dark tan skin, green eyes hidden behind tinted green and gold glasses, and long straight green hair with gold and white streaks, two of which stick up like antennas. Her skating jacket is green, with a white neck and shoulders trimmed in gold and matching triangle on her chest.

Brimstone: A young Black woman with dark skin, orange eyes, numerous yellow piercings, and her tongue sticking out in a mischievous expression. Her black hair is worn in two loc ponytails that fade into an orange to yellow gradient and have yellow spiked bands. Her skating jacket is short sleeved and has a yellow to orange gradient with a black crackled pattern.

Same description as prior image, but there is no text above each figure identifying them by name.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· 21d

Fringe Buggy - The New Kids . Part 2/3 of turning @fringebuggy buggies into people, this time with the fleet I used to drive in the late 2010s into 2020. Shout out to my personal buggy Blind Faith in the upper right! . #characterdesign #sketchbook #digitalart #cmubuggy #frbrf

Five figures on a grey background, each with a colorful design and personality. From left to right and top to bottom:

Boson: A young Indian man with brown skin, round light blue eyes, a straight nose, and wide smile, posing excitedly holding a peace sign behind the center figures head. His dark red hair is short and swept to the back, with streaks of light blue in the center and coming from either temple. His skating jacket is dark red with light blue streaks running down the arms.

Blind Faith: A young Indian woman with dark skin, half-lidded silver eyes, and a pointed nose. Her dark purple hair is cropped short, with the bangs sweeping to hide her right eye, and it has light purple, white, and silver streaks throughout. Her skating jacket is dark purple, with the left shoulder and sleeve being light purple and framed by a white streak.

Blueshift: A young Asian woman winks at the camera, holding her hand in a finger heart. She has light skin, deep blue eyes with matching graphic eyeliner, and blue lipstick. Her hair is white and pulled into a short ponytail, with a blue streak running from her bangs through the ponytail. Her skating jacket is cropped with long sleeves, and is white with thin blue decorative lines. Her nails are white with blue linear designs, and she has silver wavelength earrings.

Baltic: A young White woman with medium-fair skin, downturned blue eyes, and a long face. Her wavy hair is light blue fading to darker blue at the tips, with seafoam streaks throughout, and has pieces in small braids and a wavy curl in front of her face. Her skating jacket is sleeveless and is seafoam, with a blue neckline and wave patterns.

Bumper: A young White person with fair skin, green eyes, and sharp androgynous features looking energetic. They have orange-red shoulder length hair with green streaks in the bangs, and wear green tinted goggles. Their racing jacket is black with green shoulders, and is covered in logos and designs.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· 23d

The Old Guard . Part 1/3 of turning CMU's Fringe Buggy buggies into people, starting with the crew of classics from the early 2010s. . You can see these five in the back of this post! www.instagram.com/p/BhwgNm3FZTW/ . #characterdesign #digitalart #sketchbook #cmu #frbrf

Five figures on a grey background, each with a colorful design and personality. From left to right and top to bottom:

Balius: A young Black man with dark skin, a long nose, and round green eyes. He's waving at the camera and has an excited, friendly expression. His hair is cut into an afro fade with three white racing stripes running down the middle of his hair, and has has a narrow white goatee. He is wearing a dark green high-neck skating jacket with white racing stripes running down each shoulder.

X1: A young Asian man with fair skin, pierced ears, and eyes hidden by a fringe of charcoal grey hair with dusty red and blue streaks. He has a round face and looks neutral, and is wearing a dark black beanie with three bright green pins on the side. His skating jacket is charcoal black with geometric dusty red and blue racing stripes running down the arms.

Beacon: A young Black woman with warm skin and freckles, orange eyes, and orange-toned lipstick. Her white hair is pulled into two low afro puffs with orange tips and side streaks, and she looks friendly and kind. Her skating jacket is white with orange color blocked sleeves and sweeping lines going from the neck down the sides of the chest.

Bissa: A young darker-skinned Persian woman with half-lidded silver eyes, hooked nose, and a tired expression. Her hair is grey with dusty forest green and blue streaks, and it's worn in a half-up half-down braid with loose bangs falling over the face. Her skating jacket is grey with forest green and navy swooping details going arcoss the shoulder and neck down the front of her chest.

Bolt: A young White man with fair olive skin and gold eyes. He has a sharp jawline, and a smug, showy expression, leaning his chin on his hands and winking at the camera. His hair is gold-to-orange with two black streaks, worn tied into a ponytail with black strands in front of his face. His skating jacket is yellow with three black swooshes from the left shoulder down the chest and sleeves.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· 27d

This April Fool’s, Schenley the Sheep got an AI makeover in the form of SchenleyBot, an “AI” chat bot (who was really just a themed magic 8-ball), and I got to make some very cute robo-Schenley art to use for its announcement and profile! . #digitalart #cmubuggy #sheep #ai

A simple circular drawing of a happy sheep face. He has three tufts of wool poking into the frame from his forehead and cheeks, a dot eye, and a big wide happy mouth. His right eye and face has been replaced with a camera lens and robotic metal plate.

A half-body drawing of a cartoon sheep with single weight linework, facing 3/4 to the right. He is smiling with his mouth open, and has fluffy wool around his face, two curving horns, dot eyes, and floppy ears. The right side of his face has been replaced with robotic metal plating, including his right horn, which is made of metal, and his right eye is a camera lens. He is wearing a bandana tied around his neck that is patterned with black and green binary code that spells out 'BAA' in binary.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jul 13

Sketch of a moment during my magic lessons on the Minecraft server I'm in using the Ars Nouveau mod - my character is the one on the right, making baked potatoes fly through the air lol . #sketchbook #minecraft #arsnouveau #fantasy

Two figures standing inside a background that is a slightly blurred screenshot of a Minecraft cave. The two appear to be engaged in conversation, with the figure on the right showing off great magical skill to the figure on the left, who is excited and fascinated.

The figure on the right is fair skinned with a large brown beard and is dressed in long white and gold wizard robes. He's casting multi-colored magical spells out of a large white and gold grimoire book hovering in front of him. His eyes are closed in concentration, but he seems to mostly be showing off.

The figure on the right is shorter and slimmer, with fair skin, dark brown visible eye, and silver and green hair pulled into a ponytail. They are dressed in a green wrap top with flower pattern and loose strappy brown skirt, with leather bracers on their arms, and pink flowers throughout their hair and climbing up their legs from around their feet. They are excitedly looking up at the four baked potatoes they are making hover using sparkling golden energy, which originated from the smaller purple and gold grimoire book that is hovering in front of them.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jul 10

Was assigned in therapy to imagine my anxiety as a separate character - ended up liking her design so much I cleaned it up to post here. GAD/OCD in the flesh! She's so proud of her conspiracy board. . #sketchbook #anxiety #ocd #characterdesign

A loose, sketchy character design on a grey background, surrounded by two chibi expressions on either side.

The main design is a slim, energetic figure with pale purple skin, dark purple hair with asymmetrical bangs in a short ponytail, a pair of rabbit-like 'ears' made of hair that emote with her mood, and a pair of large reflective glasses that hide her eyes. She is wearing a purple striped turtleneck underneath a teal and orange plaid argyle sweater vest, a pair of striped teal leggings underneath a pair of purple shorts with orange accented inverted pleats in the front, and a pair of dark purple shoes under a pair of orange legwarmers. Her hair has a pair of hairclips over her ear, with the top being orange and the bottom being teal. She is posed next to a conspiracy board with red string holding a teal pointer and seemingly talking energetically about its contents, while pages and pages of more "research" spill out from behind her back.

The expression on the upper left shows her looking overwhelmed and confused, holding her face in anguish with her ears flopping to the sides. Her glasses have teal swirls in them, and she is surrounded by a swirling teal vortex of cloudy energy.

The expression to the bottom right shows her looking shocked and panicked, with a wide-mouthed expression with her ears pointing straight up, an orange exclamation point over her head, and a pair of orange 'X' marks over her eyes.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jul 7

The second Flight Rising dragon I redesigned, the ice princess refugee Cahrid. I wanted to make sure to design her wheelchair in a way that also referenced her dragons apparel, colors, and design as best I could. . #flightrising #sketchbook #gijinka #characterdesign

A character design on the left based on a dragon shown on the right, against a grey background.
The dragon is pale green and teal, with and icy blue robe, long silver hair, and blue and silver ribbons.
The figure is sitting in a wheelchair and holding a book on her lap. She appears tall and slim but hunched, with light olive skin with dark blue scales on the cheeks, ears, neck, and hands, down-turned teal eyes, and sandy blonde hair tied into a loose braid with pale white streaks and an icy, snowflake-shaped crown. She has a tired but friendly expression and bags under her eyes. She is wearing a long sparkly ice-blue robe with shimmering blue geometric trim with pearl teardrops under a matching capelet with white fur trim along the collar and shoulders. The sleeves are long and come to a point at the wrists, and underneath she wears a wrap of silver and blue ribbons around her neck, along with a silver locket. Her shoes are light blue leather, which are worn underneath a pair of pastel geometric-patterned legwarmers trimmed in fluffy white fur at the top.
Her wheelchair is made in light silver with curling handles and accents and pale green upholstery/padding on the seat and back. The back and base of the chair is woven and accented with pale purple roses, which bloomo naturally due to the magic of the chair. The wheel rims are silver, and the interior spokes are made in shimmering icy white and blue in a snowflake-like eight pointed design, with a large blue eye with a slit pupil at the center. The two smaller wheels at the front also both feature ice-shaped spokes.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jul 2

Working on redesigns for my Flight Rising dragons, starting with Zuzanna the Acrobat - I think this new version is way stronger while still being true to both the dragon's appearance and profession and to her bubbly, friendly personality. . #flightrising #characterdesign #gijinka #sketchbook

A character design on the left based on a dragon shown on the right, against a grey background.
The dragon is dark red and gold, wearing silks and flowers on its wings and white-and-gold accent pieces on its tail and legs.
The figure appears short but athletic, with dark cool-toned skin with red makeup on the cheeks and gold eyeshadow, large bright pink eyes, and dark curly hair with a golden underlayer cut into a bob. She has a friendly, curious expression and a fang sticking out from under her top lip. She is wearing a red and gold leotard and legwarmer set with matching intricate and sparkly gold detailing and trim, sheer iridescent gold silks on her arms, neck, and around her hips trimmed in jingling bells, and cuffs of golden flowers on her ankles and wrists. On her legs she has a pair of white and gold ribbon wraps, and her right leg has a silver legband with orange teardrop stones on her thigh. Her elaborate performance headpiece has a pair of transparent red wings on either side accented by gold flowers and draped in strings of white and gold beads.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jun 29

My first Vtuber model in many, many years! This took soooo many layers but it was worth it in the end - the design is based off of my Minecraft avatar . #art #vtuber #vtubermodel #cherryblossom

Art of a Vtuber model standing in a straight-on neutral pose looking at the camera. They have fair skin with cherry blossom tattoos, large brown eyes, and pointed ears. Their hair is divided into sections of light gray with a green gradient on top, which hangs over the left eye, and a lower layer of dark green that comes to the mid-shoulder, and also features a cherry blossom flower crown. Their top is green and wraps around the torso with dark green trim at the neck and bottom and lighter trim at the shoulders, a cherry blossom cluster accent at the right neck, and a cherry blossom print pattern. Their bottom is a brown paper bag style pants with a green waist tie accented with a cherry blossom cluster. Their left arm has a long green wide-cut sleeve with a cherry blossom pattern and a tie at the upper arm over fingerless brown gloves. Their right arm as a fingerless brown glove with a cherry blossom accent at the wrist and a paleg green under-layer going to the mid forearm. Their left leg mirrors that, with a toeless brown sock with a green ankle tie over top of a mid-calf pale green toeless sock, and their right leg mirrors their left arm, with a toeless green sock/legwarmer with a cherry blossom pattern and a green tie at the calf with a cherry blossom cluster accent. They also have a set of sheer fairy wings on their back.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jun 26

Some color designs I made while trying to figure out a new palette for my fursona. Didn't go with any, but thought they were fun enough to post! . #fursona #furry #sketchbook #mouse

A mouse with shoulder length choppy hair, a tufted tail, a fluffy chest, and chunky piercings on their ears. They are jumping in the air with a happy expression and outstretched arms, creating a glimmer of green magic and sparkles. Their fur is brown with dark brown hair and eyes, tufts of tan in their ears, on their chest, and at the end of their tail. The ends of their legs, arms, and tail fade to a darker brown in a stripey gradient. Their hands and feet are pink, as are their inner ears. Their piercings are bright silver.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jun 23

Ramona, the LA Rams - I made her into a sheep girl shepherdess magical girl . #nfl #larams #characterdesign #magicalgirl

A character design of a young feminine figure standing in a neutral pose with a worried expression on a gray background, with the drawing program UI visible on the borders. She has tan skin, fluffy curly blue hair reminiscent of sheep's wool, a pair of blue sheep ears, and yellow rams horns. Her legs are wooly and blue beginning at the shins and have yellow hooves, and her eyes are gold with horizontal pupils. She is wearing a magical girl inspired outfit in blue, yellow, and white, which consists of two pieces. She has a fluffy Lolita-inspired blue dress with yellow lacing on the front, a yellow bow sash, and white ruffles at the bottom, with a rams horn inspired motif along the bottom hem of the skirt, as well as a capelet in the same blue and curling yellow rams horn motifs at the shoulders, which has a fluffy white hood and is tied with a yellow bow at the front. Underneath, she has sheer sleeves in a white to yellow gradient with fur as the wrists, and her horns have yellow bows tied on either side of a dark blue headband that blends into her hair. In her left hand she holds a yellow shepherd's crook.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jun 18

A traditional pen and ink sketch I made while doing the initial designs for my vtuber persona, which is the design I ended up going with for the eventual final result! . #sketchbook #vtuber #flowerfairy #traditionalart #characterdesign

A pen and ink sketch done on a piece of paper. The lines are loose and disconnected, with a light pencil sketch visible underneath the pen lines. The drawing is of a slim figure with pointed ears, who is standing facing left at a 3/4 angle in a friendly pose with a waving hand and a smile. They have a flower crown in their hair, which swoops down to cover their right eye with their bangs and has choppy layers down to their shoulders. They also have a pair of fairy wings on their back and flowers blooming at their feet, indicating their magical nature. They wear a sleeveless high-neck knit top with stitching details, a pair of paper bag waist pants with a sash belt tied with a bunch of flowers at the waist, and arm and leg warmers on their left side that are accented with ribbons and flowers, while their right side has short wrist- and ankle-length fingerless and toeless coverings.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jun 13

I may have Umamusume-ified her, but this is the REAL design I had in mind for the Denver Broncos - a little less horse girl and a little more cowboy. . #characterdesign #denverbroncos #nfl

A masculine woman standing on a gray background, with a loose sketch of a similar design on the left hand side as a reference. She has tan skin, dark blue hair with a stark white streak pulled into a ponytail, and half-lidded silver eyes. She also has horse-like features - namely a pair of dark blue horse ears and a tail with colors that match her hair. She is wearing an outfit loosely inspired by cowboy and vaquero garb, with a cropped brown vest underneath a cropped orange bolero jacket with dark blue fringe and intricate embroidery on the chest, dark navy jeans with an orange belt and silver horseshoe belt buckle under a pair of white studded chaps with white and blue fringe down the sides and graphic orange and blue designs on the hips, a pair of brown leather cowboy boots with silver spurs and blue-and-orange designs on the toes and heels, and a pair of heavy studded leather gloves. She also has orange scarf tied around her neck, and one on her ponytail. She is holding a rope lasso in her right hand and has the other resting casually on her hip, and is chewing on a tufted piece of straw.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jun 10

A revision of my old Georgia Tech football girl design - changed up her jacket a bit, added full-finger driving gloves, and of course gave our 'helluva engineer' some engineering-inspired tattoos . #characterdesign #football #georgiatech

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Jun 7

I'm still hard at work on ArtFight refs for this year, but here are some of my OCs who will be in the lineup, and my link to my characters page!! artfight.net/~PixieCat/ch... . @kalublah.bsky.social @loadingbones.bsky.social

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· May 25

Friend gave me the drawing prompt of "Calamity goes to the bank" . #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #sketchbook

A loose sketch done in the program Procreate, with the UI visible on the top and sides and the figure drawn in dark brown on a grey background. Text on the upper left reads "CALAMITY GOES TO THE BANK" in hand written letters. The figure is a tiefling with rams horns dressed in form-fitting fantasy rogue clothing, including a pair of high heeled thigh highs and a fabric mask covering her lower face and a dagger in her left hand. They are hanging suspended from a rope with a bag of money tied to the end in a pose similar to a silk dancer or gymnast, with their right hand holding on near the top rope and their feet looped around the rope to keep them steady.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· May 8

An assassin with a storied past - this is actually a redesign of an adoptable for a dragon what was returned to me, so I had fun trying to make her really shine. She has a special place in my heart <3 . #flightrising #characterdesign #digitalart

A figure in a dynamic pose in the middle of a large chakram hoop weapon on a dark purple background. She is slim and has a determined expression, with one hand holding the weapon tightly and the other splayed out to the side. She has grey-purple skin with gold freckles across her cheeks, dusty purple hair worn in a braid interwoven with gold rings and tipped with a golden spade-shaped charm, and bright yellow eyes surrounded with heavy black eyeliner in graphic, pointed shapes. She is wearing a dark purple bodysuit over a pair of mauve tights with graphic black designs, a sheer yellow overskirt trimed in black with ragged edges, and a bolero-style cropped hoodie with tight fighted sleeves and a hood that become gold and sparkling at the ends, as well as a gold belt made from gold hoop links. Her weapon is a large chakram made up of a single continuous curving blade, connected at the bottom where she holds it by a purple-wrapped handle.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· May 4

Fanart of Chicken Elizabeth Nugget (owned by the hilarious @haydenkristal on Instagram) in the Uma Musume universe. Chicken Nugget is a Clydesdale, a crimebag, and enjoys carrots with absolutely no Benadryl in them. . #characterdesign #umamusume #umamusumeoc

A series of two character designs and a portrait for a horse girl character from the universe of Uma Musume: Pretty Derby. The girl is mid-sized and has fair skin, heterochromatic eyes (blue on the right and brown on the left), and color blocked choppy long hair with a dark brown underlayer, flaxen blonde top layer, and off-white bangs. In each drawing she also wears a pair of orange ear covers, which have a blue-and-white accent design on her right ear.

In the drawing on the left, she is wearing the purple and white Tracen Academy uniform. This consists of a purple top with a white center panel, light purple sleeves, and white sailor collar with purple piping, as well as a white pleated skirt with two purple stripes at the hem, a pair of thigh-high white stockings with a light purple stripe, and a pair of brown Mary Jane style shoes with horseshoe shaped buckles. On the front of her chest, she wears a dark purple ribbon with a horseshoe accent in the center.

In the middle drawing, she is wearing a Western-inspired racing costume. Her shirt is a short sleeved dark red blouse with an embossed leather collar and cuff details and navy blue shoulder yoke with white-and-navy piping. Over that she wears an open short cropped leather vest with fringe, and a white-and-navy twisted bolo tie with a silver horseshoe fastener. Her shorts are navy blue with white-and-navy piping and dark red ruffles, and she has an embossed leather belt with fringe and a horseshoe buckle on top. She is also wearing white leather gloves with fringe and brown leather embossed accents, a pair of white thigh highs with a navy stripe attached to an embossed leather garter on the shorts, an embossed leather band on her right thigh, and a pair of fringed white cowboy boots with silver accents at the toe and embossed leather band.

The drawing on the right is a portrait facing forward, showing her relaxed and slightly smug face in more detail. The text below it reads "CHICKEN ELIZABETH NUGGET"

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Apr 27

A slimy goopy salesman adoptable made for @flightrising.com that has since gone on to his slimy goopy home . #art #characterdesign #flightrising #adoptable #slime

The image contains a half body of a figure in tan and green-greys against a light cream background. There's a picture of a dragon made of slime on the left side over his shoulder, which is what the human character design in the image is based on. The character has frilled ears and greenish-grey skin made out of dripping slime, which partially closes his grinning mouth and drips around his brown goat-like eyes. He is wearing a cream scarf with pointy tan triangular trim and an open gray vest with tan trim and triangular pointed shoulder details, which is open at the front to reveal the character's large glass stomach filled with a shimmering slime-like liquid. He is also wearing a pair of dark green-grey gloves that go up to his elbows, ribbon-like sleeves that are open to reveal the slime of his upper arms, and a big cream hat with a floppy brim, triangular tan trim, and a crown made of a large glass bottle that is dripping more slime out of the neck. He is holding a bottle with a label that says 'GOO' in his left hand, and has a tan leather bandolier of slime-filled test tubes across his chest.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Apr 18

Fantasm, the fantastical show-stopping illusionist! This adoptable was made for @flightrising.com and has since gone on to his fabulous forever home. . #flightrising #characterdesign #art #fantasy

A pink-skinned androgynous figure on a pale green background, standing in a flamboyant pose with his left hand in the air. He has pale rosy pink skin, pink hair with a sparkling green underlayer, and downturned yellow eyes, with bright pink makeup, pale seafoam green nails, and patches of shimmering purple and green on his skin. He wears a single-shoulder sparkling pink bodysuit with dark pink and teal feathers going over his shoulder and around the back of his neck, as well as a sheer pink open sleeve on his left arm, a sheer teal scarf at his waist, two dark pink and teal feathers tucked behind his right ear, and lots of gold jewelry on his wrists, necklaces, and by his ears along his cheekbones. He is framed by a swirl of sparkling green magical smoke, which gives the appearance of completing a magic trick. In the bottom right corner there is a small picture of the dragon his design is based off of.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Apr 11

My annual update to Calamity's outfits . #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #tiefling #digitalart

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Apr 6

the icon || the artist || the work

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Apr 3

Working on my Calamity portraits . #digitalart #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #tiefling

A portrait of a dark purple-skinned tiefling facing towards the camera. She has narrow bright green eyes, with cat-like pupils, and curving rams horns. Their hair is even darker than their skin and braided to the right side, adorned with golden ornaments, and they have golden earrings and horn caps that frame their face. They also wear shimmering purple and gold eyeshadow. Their features in this portrait are specifically inspired by model Anok Yai.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Mar 28

Little sketch of my Umi the Ninth OC, Nova . #characterdesign #sketchbook #nova

A figure, the character Nova, standing on a grey background, with the UI for the drawing program Procreate visible on the left and top of the image. Nova has pale skin and silver hair with brown roots, and is standing with a grin holding a large glowing blue greatsword. They are hearing a headpiece with two large points and blue gems at the sides of the head and a round visor that covers the upper half of their face, a white armored chestplate, a white belt with a glowing blue gem at the buckle, and a heavy blue cape fastened with a stylized gold clasp, as well as a black bodysuit and fingerless gloves underneath. The blue light from their sword illuminates their right side with a cool glow.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Mar 24

A sparkly blue starboy . Orion was created by @emiliodekure.bsky.social . #sketchbook #fanart #blue #portrait

A loosely sketched portrait of a blue-skinned young man with messy silver hair and starlit blue eyes. He has sharp, fine features and stars that twinkle under his skin on his cheeks and neck. He wears a white and galaxy-colored skintight suit with a blue scarf that is fastened by a gold and blue star-shaped pin, and is surrounded by three blue sparkles. The UI of the Procreate drawing program is visible on the left and top of the image.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Mar 19

What a wonderful opportunity! Thank you so much for hosting :D

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Mar 18

My Beloved Blue Boy . Meme art of @emiliodekure.bsky.social's original character Orion . #fanart #sketchbook #peacesign

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Mar 12

A verdant knight adoptable created for the Carrefour Inn on @flightrising.com . #characterdesign #flightrising #gijinka #digitalart #adoptable

A half-body image of a knight on a green background, standing with their sword set on their shoulder. A small image of a dragon that served as the inspiration for the knight's design sits in the upper left corner. They are wearing full plate armor, which is silver trimmed with gold and encrusted with pale yellow gemstones, consisting of a chestplate, pauldrons, bracers, leg armor, and a helmet worn on top of chain mail. The helmet has a beak-shape in the front, reminiscent of a bird, and two wiry feathers protruding from the top. Their left arm and the feather 'tuft' on their helmet are made from winding green vines, which weave in and out of the plate armor pieces. The sword they are hoisting over their right shoulder is a longsword feder with a cross guard and pommel made of winding green vines wrapped around pale yellow stone accents.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Mar 5

Ardantiel, an adoptable I made for Flight Rising that has long since gone to her happy new home! @flightrising.com . #characterdesign #flightrising #gijinka #digitalart

A half-body figure of a woman on a pale orange background. She has dark skin, bright electric blue eyes with snake-like pupils, and glittering peachy orange locs worn up with a marbled orange hair wrap and accented with sculpting tools, and large carved stone earrings. Her clothing is made of orange and black fabric wraps, including a marbled orange shawl and a belt made of woven cord and orange beads. She has one hand on her hip with a wooden mallet, and the other holding a metal chisel and adorned with carved stone bracelets.

Sam Connor@artbysconnor· Feb 27

Had a dream about wearing a cool outfit and I had to draw it before I forgot. Maybe one day I'll make it a reality... . #fashion #sketchbook #digitalart