Sapling 🌱

@sacredsapling

gender transcendent #watercolor & #OC artist ✨ #SaplingArt (some 🔞) 30s, 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ ☪️ 🇪🇸 EN/ES 🩷 Shop: 🎨 Commissions: 🌈 Zine mod: @taplingzines.bsky.social

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Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· 27d

It’s me!! I’m SO excited for this idea and my sketch is already looking soooo pretty imo~ (I’m going to paint so much lace for this btw)

A close up of a clean pencil sketch on watercolor paper, showing a Korean trans man with a c-section scar leaning close ans about to kiss his transfeminine and baklâ partner, wearing lace on their hips. Some large flowers decorate the background.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Jul 13

I tend to prefer intimate but not explicit! Like this WIP, where they still have clothes but it’s clearly leading to something. Part of me wants to explore more direct stuff, but it doesn’t tend to inspire me as much. If anything, I want to do close crops or things like that.

A pencil sketch of a T4T couple leaning close, in only underwear and one with an open shirt showing top surgery scars. Detailed large flowers are in the background.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Jul 12

If you see this post your oc masturbating 🤭 Okay this is kinda fun~ Have an #OC I rarely post (and quite an old drawing haha)! #NSFW #Sketch

A pencil sketch, digitally colored in orange tones, of a thin man with a sharp jawline, undercut hair tied back in a top knot, kneeling and supporting himself while he strokes his cock with one hand.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Jul 1

Much happier with this sketch now! Also it’s a crime that this is my very first time drawing Nico and Gabriel together. 😭 #ArtWIP

The same scene as the quoted sketch, but now with much better anatomy and more details! Nico’s expression is soft and his hair is fluffy, as he lays back with an open shirt and a hand resting on a pillow, legs open. Gabriel leans in with its thin body pressed forward, back arched.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Jun 25

Hi all! I’m Sapling, a queer watercolor painter with a love for illustrating my OCs (who are often queer and disabled)! ✨ Happy pride too! 🏳️‍🌈 I also co-create queer zines at @taplingzines.bsky.social 🩷

An intricate watercolor painting of a reclining masculine figure with dark wings in barely any clothing, except stockings, underwear, and a translucently painted silky pink shawl. He has medium brown skin, curly brown hair, and is crushing a rose onto his chest with a lifted and gloved hand. Giant pink orchids, painted with lovely realism, surround him. Some pink fabric falls to the right side, and detailed hand painted blue lace fills the background.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Jun 23

Ooo #Ephiel is a good one for this! (CW: child abuse, incest) His ‘introduction’ into kink-like sexual activity was unfortunately at a very young age, at the hands of his father. He was incredibly violent (hence Ephiel’s many scars), so Ephiel’s entire relationship to consensual kink was impacted..

A digital painting of a delicate gold skinned wingless angel with a skinny and scarred body, holding his arm behind his head to lift it. He has light hair and a halo. He’s laying back, legs spread, revealing someone inside his front hole, and also has a penis above that.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Jun 10

WOAH pretty colors 😍 #ArtWIP #QueerArt #Watercolor

A purple pen drawing on watercolor paper of Gabriel, a cute Filipino femboy (technically baklâ) with a skinny torso revealed as he lifts a sweater up to his collarbones. He has messy curly hair, thick eyebrows, and is winking with his tongue out. Multiple layers of detailed flowers surround him, and cover up his lower abdomen—hinting at desire, with modesty.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Jun 6

Done with all the lines~ 💋 #ArtWIP #SaplingArt #QueerArt

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· May 1

Also a bonus painting of Ephiel's euphoria. He's gone through a lot of trauma, and I really wanted to paint him having a relaxed and blissful moment~ I also want to make more nsfw sketches, as a part of my own healing journey too! ✨

A pencil sketch, painted digitally, of Ephiel, an intersex angel with mixed genitalia (a penis, with a clitoral base, and a vaginal opening beneath it, no balls) getting gently fucked in the front by an anonymous pale figure. He's holding his head up with one arm, eyes blissfully closed with his eyebrows slightly pressed together as he releases onto his stomach. A halo surrounds his light hair. Many scars decorate his golden skin.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 28

Aw omg congrats on 7k—that’s wonderful!! I’m Sapling, a watercolorist who’s obsessed with my gender disaster OCs~ But, sometimes I also do studies and water-themed settings (the first one was a comm, second is OC) 🥰

A watercolor portrait of muscular white man with sunkissed skin and a brown manbun, tied back with a red ribbon, posed with the open seas behind him. His white shirt shows a glimpse of a shark tooth necklace, and a swirl of conjured water surrounds him.

A detailed watercolor painting of Gabriel as a mer-person, holding his baby sister’s hand while she swims in a coral reef. She is about two with a purple and pink tail. Gabriel is skinny with brown skin and curly brown hair, matching his sisters, but Gabriel has a ton of freckles and a freckled green tail too. The coral reef is detailed and multicolored and sunlight shines from above through turquoise water, as the little girl, Rosie, reaches up curiously for some fish.

A small but detailed watercolor study of a deep underwater trench, bathed in soft yellow, purple, and blue light, with strong rocky shadows.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 27

Some more older digital art to share~ I don’t talk about it much, but I have DID (been diagnosed for a long time), and this was a former child alter! I found it healing a while back to occasionally draw our system (and might do it again someday with the updates!) #DID #SaplingArt #DisabledArtist

A young boy, somewhere around eight years old, with curly pale blonde hair, blue eyes, and fairly pale skin. He has a springy background with grass and a green tree, and is wearing a blue t-shirt with a sun design on it, a yellow belt, and light pale green shorts. A bee buzzes near him!

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 22

Sharing some more old art—this time a very old digital painting of #Ephiel His outfit has changed a lot overtime, but he’s always had the white robes, red scarf, and gold jewelry! 💛 ❤️ #SaplingArt #OC #DigitalArt

A digital painting of Ephiel, a gold-skinned androgynous angel with curly white hair, this time with a bit of an undercut, and white robes with cut sleeves and a slit showing most of his legs. They’re holding on to a flowing red scarf that whooshes towards the front of the image, in perspective, as he floats in deep space, with a golden sun halo around his head.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 16

Some of my favorite details from this painting~ #Watercolor

A close up of the quoted painted on their faces, leaning in for a kiss. The detail is a super tiny diamond pattern of tiles in the background, each less that a millimeter, painted in a dark blue, turquoise, green, and red set, with white shaded tiles in between.

A close up of the top corner of the painting, showing intricately painted (and accurate!) tiles in the palace rooms of the Alhambra, including decorative Arabic/Islamic script. Also, detailed blue fabric folds are shown too.

A close up of Oti’s hand on Ousmane’s back, showing intricate gold swirling patterns on his indigo robe, as well as tiny gold metal details with cut out parts showing red fabric behind.

A close up of a bundle of orange branches, with the leaves painted in detailed shaded ways. Ousmane’s burned foot is also visible, showing contractures around his three toes.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 11

Ooo Imani!! She’s a jewelry maker, and runs a small business from home crafting elegant wire based jewelry, mainly for other Muslim women. She pulls from Tuareg, Malian, and Amazigh designs! (She’s Ousmane’s sister btw)

A portrait sketch of Imani, a 40s something hijabi, gazing up with petals falling behind her. Her features are reminiscent of Tuareg women.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 11

Hey hey—don’t miss the chance to share your thoughts on upcoming queer zine themes! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Our next @taplingzines.bsky.social Interest Check is open and we’d love your thoughts~ ✨➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Zine #ArtZine #QueerArt

A rainbow bouquet of flowers painted in watercolor, highly realistic, with pink text over it reading “Interest check: Give your opinion on upcoming queer zines!”

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 11

see a couple, post a couple~ 🪽 💜

A watercolor of two masculine angels lying down and snuggling. The watercolor is more simple and charming. The turquoise hair angel has multicolored wings and headwings, and the other has dark blue wings that frame his brown skin and hair. Their hands and arms are interlocked.

A watercolor portrait painting of two masculine figures gently kissing. One with brown skin, Chamuel, has his hand tangled in Kokabiel’s long turquoise hair, which frames his paler face and purple headwings. A golden sun glow is behind them. Chamuel has some gold arm bands and a subtle gold ring with an inset turquoise gem.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 10

I can finally share my full illustration for @taplingzines.bsky.social 'We've Always Been Here' art book! It's of two Muslim men bathing in Medieval Al-Andalus, a very accepting time for queer people~ ✨ More details about the illustration and story below~ #SaplingArt #Watercolor #QueerArt

A softly lit watercolor painting of three panels, bordered by intricately painted branches of pomegranate and orange trees. The first panel, in the top left corner, shows both men kissing with one pressed against an intricately tiled wall in the Alhambra palace. One man has rich, warm brown skin and a turquoise headwrap that falls down over his shoulders and coat, which is decorated in intricate golden swirl patterns. The man kissing him has richer cooler-toned dark brown skin, with a white headwrap clipped together with a golden pin, wearing a white robe with intricate gold and red-gem inset details. Both have facial hair. The central painting, the largest panel, shows both men sitting in a public bath, although they are alone, gazing closely at each other, looking like they're about to kiss, arms resting on their legs as they gaze softly. They both have small, damp fabric around their waists, the colors matching their respective outfits. The man in the white cloth has braided cornrows, in a traditional Amazigh style. The man in the blue cloth gazes slightly down into his eyes, with his leg extended over the ledge of the bath, showing intricately painted and extensive burn scars including contractions. A cane rests on the shadowed wall beside him. The bath room itself is a pale yellow stone, shadowed in purple washes, with a central inset section bordered by a pattern of turquoise, dark blue, green, and red diamond tiles, interspersed with white tiles. The central inset part has the same pattern, but far smaller and more detailed. The final panel, in the bottom left, shows the turquoise and indigo robe of one of the men as he walks, using his cane, with his lover's hand holding his back for support. The blue robe has even more intricate swirling gold patterns, with a red sash and gold metal piece tying it together at the waist. A washy watercolor part hints at a garden in the background.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 10

Woah, fun!! Gabriel for sure, then. He’s not a pro, but he absolutely has stolen cars to take them on speedy joy rides (and paid for it 😅)

A watercolor painting of Gabriel, a young Filipino adult with a strong jaw and thick eyebrows, a lot of freckles, blush, lip gloss, and pink nail polish. He’s sipping bubble tea in a turquoise sweater with a pink background behind him. There’s a star on his cheek and a couple in the background and his curly black hair is highlighted gold at the tips.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 9

With absolute certainty, I can say Ephiel! They’re the head keeper/librarian of The Records: a spiritual library that houses the memories of all beings~

A watercolor painting of a gold skinned, wingless, androgynous angel with a lot of small scars on his body. He is wearing a tiny black robe and skirt, and his hands are posed in front of him in a delicate manner. He has wavy short, white hair and behind him is a textured wall with a stained glass design, somewhat reminiscent of peacock feathers in a circle.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 9

Testing out a little more of a loose painting style~

A close up of a watercolor painting of water, in two washy muted turquoise and indigo tones, with some sketched green reeds poking out of the water. The paper is taped to a board.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 9

Oh wow, this is a really hard one actually! I don’t really have warrior-type OCs. But, I think maybe Melchor? He enjoys martial arts and would definitely think a closet of swords is super cool of he could afford that.

A digital portrait of Melchor, a young athletic Filipino man with toned arms and chest, brushed back slick black hair, holding a bike over his arm and a helmet in one hand. An orange and yellow background is behind him, and he’s wearing a navy blue tank top and light blue shorts with a red dragon pattern on them.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 5

#Gabriel is both regularly misgendered and kind of impossible to misgender. He literally aims for chaos pronouns and loves it/its too. If you wanna call her other neopronouns, they won’t mind! But, Gabriel has been misgendered by having his nonbinary identity erased at times!

An adorable digital doodle of Gabriel, a thin Filipino with curly messy hair and freckles on her whole body, wearing a cute yellow cropped sweater with a bi pin on it, a pink pleated skirt, and blue sneakers with ankle tall white socks. It has a soft blush and parted lips, but in a sassy kind of way. The background is a soft salmon pink.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 4

I'll show off my multigender/genderfluid OCs (same as my identity) 🌸 Gabriel (any pronouns) is baklâ and nonbinary, with a love for wearing whatever is comfy and cute. Especially short skirts. He's a parent too! Chamuel (she/he) is a multigender angel of love. Basically, always divinely gorgeous~

A detailed watercolor painting of Chamuel, a multigender angel with medium-brown skin and curly brown hair. He is reclining on the ground on a plush dark blue bed. His right arm, which is partially obscured by large dark pink orchids in the foreground, is propping up his body in a sultry pose. He is gently holding a pink rose, lightly crushed in his left hand. Four of its petals have fallen off, decorating his near-bare chest. She is wearing a translucent, light pink robe that covers her shoulders and drapes over her hip, concealing just enough. With closed eyes, her expression is relaxed. Large, dark-blue wings extend past her calves, and her feet are obscured by a thick pale pink curtain. In the background behind her are three large, light purple orchids. Behind these orchids is an intricate blue and white background of lace, featuring multiple leaf and vine-like patterns and lattice-like hatching.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 4

Nonbinary OC #ArtShare! 💛 Show off your nonbinary characters and tell us about them! 💜 Repost/comment on 4+ others 🖤 Share this post to spread the nonbinary love~ ✨ Alt text encouraged. Flag nsfw. Only human-made art. (No need to identify as nonbinary to join btw) #OCSky #Nonbinary #TransArt

An intricate watercolor painting of a white multigender person with roses falling over its chest, showing top surgery scars, while he wears a blue skirt. They're lying down on blue and purple tiles, and big pink roses decorate the corners of the composition. The text "Nonbinary OCs Art Share" is overlayed, with the nonbinary flag (yellow, white, purple, and black stripes) underneath it.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Apr 2

MINUTES to go!!! Come get this zine and merch if you want it!! 💜💜💜

A screenshot of Kickstarter showing 104 minutes to go.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Mar 31

We are SO close to our first stretch goal of €34,000–that’s when all artists get bonuses! 🎉 Can we get this trans-led project there before the campaign ends in 2 days? #TDoV 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ➡️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

A screenshot of the We’ve Always Been Here: A multicultural LGBTQ+ art book kickstarter campaign, showing a successful funding bar of €30,965 and nearly 600 backers (yippee!)

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Mar 31

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ I’m Sapling 🌱 a multigender disabled watercolorist painting queer joy ✨ I’m a refugee after surviving trafficking, and unable to work, so supporting my art (prints reopening soon!) or zine company I do with my husband @taplingzines.bsky.social helps a ton! 🩷 #TDoV

A watercolor painting of a white androgynous person with short brown hair, lying on detailed purple and blue tiles, with a blue skirt on. Roses fall over the top surgery scars on his chest, and big pink roses filled each corner. One arm is tossed to the side in a relaxed pose.

An intricate watercolor painting of a reclining effeminate figure with dark wings in barely any clothing, except stockings, underwear, and a translucently painted silky pink shawl. He has medium brown skin, curly brown hair, and is crushing a rose onto her chest with a lifted and gloved hand. Giant pink orchids, painted with lovely realism, surround him. Some pink fabric falls to the right side, and detailed hand painted blue lace fills the background.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Mar 30

Hmmmm should I do this with Ephiel or Sariel??

A line art doodle of Sariel, a cute yet somewhat emaciated male angel with mixed Asian and Arab features. He has feathers on his collarbones, a nose mole and face scar, and a few scars on his body that’s shirtless. He has one slightly damaged wing and one made of smoke.

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Mar 29

Oo wait this is a fun prompt because I had to make a drawing titled ‘Vertigo,’ inspired by a movie of the same name when I was in school! This was during my big falling-in-love-with-perspective phase haha #Sketch #Drawing #ArtDailies

A pencil sketch of a young white man dressed up with a tie, flipping upside down, legs bent in strange directions as he falls forward, almost like falling down a corridor cathedral with a bunch of checkerboard patterns. It is quite dizzying!

Sapling 🌱@sacredsapling· Mar 29

Despite modern stigma, Muslim men in Al-Andalus were frequently bisexual…and what’s better than falling in love at the baths? 🥰 Photo of my painting for the ‘We’ve Always Been Here’ zine by @taplingzines.bsky.social Only a few days left on the Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...