Ren Varela

@cobaltcorvus

A Latine dark fantasy, horror, and surrealist artist, illustrator, and concept artist. #DarkArt 🚫 No A/I ; 🚫 N/F/Ts Nonbinary | Pronouns: they/them 📧 Contact: CobaltCorvusStudio@gmail.com 🌐 🥫

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Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· 28d

Hello, #PortfolioDay! I'm Ren Varela, a freelance artist that specializes in dark, slightly surrealist fantasy illustrations, and character & creature designs. I am open for work & interested in creating art for TTRPGs! 💼 Portfolio 🖼️ Print Shop 🪙 Tip Jar ✉️ Contact: CobaltCorvusStudio@gmail.com

A collage image of six different dark art paintings done by the poster of various skull headed humanoid figures, most with their skulls floating above dismembered torsos and other mystical features.

A collage of three different digital paintings. One is a portrait of a headless figure in a suit and tie with two glowing halos of different sizes floating where the head would be. Second is of a jackal skull floating above the neck of a dismembered, semi-human, teal torso. Last is of a giant, four-armed, skull-headed figure floating in a large thunder cloud with several bolts of lighting generating from its hands and the cloud as sunlight shines from behind it all.

A collage of six digital art pieces. The top row is of three different portrait pieces of three male characters. The bottom row are the same three characters, the left one is a full-body piece, the middle a bust style portrait, and the right is a full-body drawing of the elf character.

A collage of two different images featuring the same character. One is a portrait of a ghostly male character that is mostly in shadow except for his face. He has dark hair, blue skin and glowing eyes. The other features different portrait angles and one almost full body pose.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jul 8

Because what goes around comes around, if you see this, share a circle, a disk, something round. #DarkArt #skulls #ArtTrain

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jul 7

#ArtRepostJuly Day 7 - Eerie 🖼️ #art #DarkArt #OCArt

A digital painting that is a portrait of a ghostly male character that is mostly in shadow except for his face. He has dark hair, blue skin and glowing eyes.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jul 7

Haven't drawn hands in awhile and that's a skill I definitely don't want to lose any time soon so here are some hand studies! 🖼️ #ArtStudies #ArtPractice #drawing

Various digital drawings of hands in various poses and making various gestures.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jul 3

#ArtRepostJuly Day 3 - Red #art #ArtChallenge #DarkArt

A digital painting of a shattered, human skull with garnet crystals exploding from the crown and a glowing orange halo encircling it.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jul 3

#ArtRepostJuly Day 2 - Dark #art #ArtChallenge #DarkArt

A digital painting of a skull headed, glowing eyed figure that is just a disembodied torso and a floating left arm, figure pondering a tiny, dark orb set in front of a black background.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jul 1

#ArtRepostJuly Day 1 - Light The perfect monthly challenge for me at the moment since I'm a bit busy. 😅 #art #ArtChallenge #DarkArt

A digital painting of a skull headed, glowing eyed figure that is just a disembodied torso and a floating right arm, pondering a glowing orb set in front of a black background.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jun 17

I have some slots open for sketch #commissions starting at $25 USD! More information and details can be viewed at my website. Commission orders can be placed via my Ko-fi page. #art #BluskyArt #bsnm #CommissionsOpen #ArtCommissions #HumanMadeArt

A digital bust portrait drawing of the character Niles from the video game, Fire Embalm: Fates.

A digital portrait drawing of the character Vixel from Dragalia Lost with large text superimposed that reads: "sample."

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jun 9

👁️ If you see this, post an eye 👁️ #Art #DigitalArt

A digital painting that is of a close up of a teal-colored human eye that is spot-lit and crying.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jun 8

Drop something purple.🔮

A digital painting of a light lavender jackal skull set in front a bunch of lilacs and forget-me-not flowers and a black backdrop.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jun 2

Study of what I believe is a glass inkwell. Working on building up those art skills some more. 💪 🖼️ #art #digitalart #artstudies #studies #artpractice

A digital painting study of a (perhaps) deep magenta, glass inkwell set in front of a white backdrop.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Jun 1

Hello! I'm Ren and I'm a nonbinary dark/horror artist from California. Here is where you can find some of my spooky prints. 🖤 www.inprnt.com/gallery/coba...

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· May 25

⌛ Final day of INPRNT's Memorial Weekend sale! Pick up any art prints or posters of my work at 15% off! Mini-prints are 5% off! #bsnm #artprints #artforsale #artsale #darkart

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· May 22

There's currently a sale going on at INPRNT this weekend! Now is a great time to pick up some prints of my art to decorate your space with, as all items in my shop are 15% off during this time! www.inprnt.com/gallery/coba... #artforsale #artprints #bsnm #darkart

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· May 21

I've been doing a bunch of random studies in between working on pieces to learn new methods of painting. Trying to figure out how to paint simplified bread texture in this one. I don't think I quite achieved it but that's why we do these kinds of practices! 💪 🖼️ #art #digitalart #studies #foodart

A digital painting study of an over easy fried egg on a slice of toast.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· May 19

Another clothing study. This one got a bit chewed up by WebGlaze but it is what it is. 🖼️ #art #digitalart #studies #clothingstudy

A digital painting study of a pair of a kind of puffy, quarter leg pant.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· May 18

Some various clothing studies I did back in 2022. I should do more of these, honestly. They were pretty fun to do, oddly enough. 🖼️ #art #digitalart #studies #artstudies

Six different digital painting studies done of six different outfits of differing styles and colors.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· May 12

An older study. This one is from 2020 of some fabric for some classic folds practice. 🖼️ #art #digitalart #studies #paintingpractice

A digital painting of some red cloth that is hanging suspended in the the air in front of a plain, grey backdrop.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· May 11

A quick rock study. #art #digitalart #studies #sketch

A digital study painting of a tall, gray rock formation set before a clear blue sky.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· May 5

This is a redraw of an old sketch from like, 2019, I think? Just a silly play on a certain name of a coffee brand/shop. :P 🖼️ #art #anthro #BuckStar

A digital drawing of an anthropomorphic whitetail buck standing against a white backdrop, wearing sweats and holding a coffee cup.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· May 4

I have some slots open for sketch #commissions starting at $25 USD! More information and details can be viewed at my website. Commissions can be placed via my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/cobaltcorvus... #bskyart #bskynightmarket #commissionsopen #artcommissions #humanmadeart

A digital bust portrait drawing of Aymeric de Borel from the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game, Final Fantasy 14.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Apr 28

Apparently I can't completely opt-out of site wide sales, so you can still get some prints 15% off right now at my INPRNT store. #art #bsnm #darkart #artprints #artforsale

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Apr 21

#repostyourart Day 21 - Cloud 🖼️ #art #darkart

A digital painting of a giant, multi-armed, skull-headed figure in a large thunder cloud with several bolts of lighting generating from it.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Apr 20

quote with horn art! 🐐 🎨 #darkart

A digital painting of a demon-like creature with a human skull that has Jacob's sheep horns and a glowing inner fire in it's diminishing torso.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Apr 15

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Apr 14

#repostyourart Day 14 - Yummy I don't think I've posted this here before, but here's a red bean bun (アンパン) study I did a little while back. 🎨🖼️ #digitalart #foodart

A digital art study of a red bean bun with black sesame seeds sprinkled on top.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Apr 14

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Apr 11

#repostyourart Day 11 - Sparkles 🎨🖼️ #darkart

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Apr 10

...I mean I know I'm being quiet fired, but with how the job hunt is going... So, uh, if you can help keep me alive in the meantime... I'd appreciate it... ko-fi.com/cobaltcorvus

Screenshot of the original poster's scheduled hours for April 26 through to May 2. They are only scheduled for one day, Sunday April 26 for only 6.2h hours for the entire week.

Ren Varela@cobaltcorvus· Apr 7

I have mobile wallpapers of some of my works available for purchase over on Ko-fi! #bsnm ko-fi.com/cobaltcorvus...