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Ari | Commissions Open

@arikin13.bsky.social

Hi! I am Ari (Arikin) and I am an accountant who struggles with motivation to draw, but loves to be creative. I mostly make art for my D&D games and characters, but I've drawn pretty much everything over the years. https://vgen.co/Arikin

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Curious Starchaser @curiousstarart.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Frostfire In Flight" My sixth and final Art Fight attack! It's for @arikin13.bsky.social ! 「フロストファイアさんの飛行」私の第六と最終アート・ファイト攻撃。Arikinさんのためにをよ！ #art #dragonart #fantasyart #fantasy #dragon #ArtFight #ArtFight2026 #ShareMyAttack2026 #TeamMystery

Frostfire the fluffy, feathery frostwing dragon seen from above. Her body is covered in feathers with patterns that change like ice moving in water. She has hard-to-notice crackles in her horns and a teal streak under her eyes.

She is soaring through the air above a temperate landscape. Directly below her is a large lake in the middle of a forest. Some large rocks and trees dot the landscape. To her sides and below are clouds she is soaring by.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am ready for art fight!!! #artfight #artfight2026 #art #teammystery

An artfight team card for Arikin stating that they attack mostly humanoids or dragons, they are willing to friendly fire/revenge, and they have human/feral/anthro/fey/irl cats/dragons/build your own fey as character options.

Their chosen five characters on the card are
1. a beak mask helmed woman with feathered ears and hair, a fiery purple Mohawk, and feathers on her cheek.

2. A sea elf with water for hair, bright blue eyes, blue skin, and a derisive sneer on her face.

3. An adorable human witch wearing a green witches hat with flowers on it, two curly brown buns for hair, glasses, purple eyes, and a sweet smile

4. An octagon with a lot of feathers.

5. A gray and green corsac fox with a moon design on her forehead

Reference of a fully feathered dragon with icy colors and markings. Her body shape is a mix between a horse and a cheetah with a long feathered and tufted tail. She has feathered wings with the shape derived from a common swift.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Working on my references for Art Fight this year -- on team Mystery ^_^ I still want to finish my character card for Art Fight, but at least I have some of the references done 🧡 #art #artfight2026 #teammystery #characterart

A very purple illustration of a tall armored woman holding a scythe in front of a foggy forest. Her scythe has a glowing eyeball and a ghostly fire. The woman has a beaked masked helm covering her eyes, feathered ears, glowing markings on her armor, taloned hands, and clawed feet.

A reference sheet for a tall armored woman. Her scythe has a glowing eyeball and a ghostly fire. The woman has a beaked masked helm covering her eyes, feathered ears, glowing markings on her armor, taloned hands, and clawed feet. Flat colored are off to the side for ease of use, as well as a front view of the markings on her armor, and her face.

A portrait of a woman wearing a beak masked helm, with feathered ears, feathers for hair, and a feathered cloak. She has two dark wings that are barely seen. There are glowing feathers on her face and neck. The mask has glowing pink markings.

A reference sheet of an armored man wielding a scythe. The man has early graying hair, with blue eyes. He wears a black cloak over his silver/gray armor. The cloak is clasped by a blue gem. He wears two pauldrons with a blue gem atop each. His breastplate has blue markings. He wears two leather belts, with a coin purse on one of the belts. He has dark pants and boots. The scythe looks like a judgmental bird with a piercing pink eye and a sharp beak for the blade. Colors are called out on the side for ease of use.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It has been a long while, Blusky!!! I have a lot of 2026 (and some 2025) art to share since I’ve been gone. I’m also on VGEN now ^_^ vgen.co/Arikin Here are a couple of recent works I’ve completed for myself or my clients. Hoping to offer full body concepts on VGEN soon

A messy illustration of a purple fairy with antlers, long wavy hair, a flowing dress, shorts, and boots hovering over the ground holding a lit pink lantern in her left hand and her right hand is placed on the neck of a large green one-eyed catlike creature with antlers atop its head, spikes down its spine, and vine like tendrils atop its head and under its chin.

The faerie is smirking and the creature looks happy.

A dark moonlit portrait illustration of an armored rifling smiling in the moonlight. She has small curved horns atop her head, eyes closed, and a joyful smile on her face. She wears two golden hooped earrings and her mesh chain shirt has a gold star at her neck. Her pauldrons and breast plate glow in the moonlight. In the background is simple foliage and messy fireflies.

A dark campfire lit portrait of a very sad ram-horned tiefling. She is grieving and tears drip down her face. Her eyes glow in the firelight. She has bangs framing her face and covering her forehead, and long wavy hair spilling down her back. She wears a choker necklace made of leather with a golden diamond and two fasteners in the center. A golden chain drapes down from the fasteners. She wears a fur shawl.

A moonlit portrait of a scared gnome who is experiencing her first shift into a not-quite werewolf. Her blonde hair shines in the moonlight, her tanned skin is in shadow, her right hand has claws and fur starting from the tips of her fingers. Her blue eyes begins to see yellow bleed in. A tear drops down her nose as she cries from the pain of the first shift.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · last yr.

Hello! I am aiming to engage actively in ArtFight this year on Team Crystals ^_^ My AF user is "Arikin" Featured Characters from left to right: Buggi (memorial), Flicker, Asha, Sailleach, and Frostfire #artfight #teamcrystals #arikin #arikin13

ArtFight user template. User: Arikin or Ari. Ari attacks: humanoids, ferals, anthro, monsters, real animals, and fantasy. Art does friendly fire and revenge. Ari has human, feral, and anthro characters. The user portrait is a faun woman with olive toned skin, brown hair, a single horn on her right side, brightly lit amber eyes, and leaf-dappled shading. The five featured characters are Buggi, a black and white spotted cat with green eyes. Flicker, a human witch with light toned skin, many brown freckles, purple eyes, glasses, a green witch's hat, and curly brown hair done up into two pigtail buns. Asha, a green skinned tiefling/changeling with long dark green wavy hair and bright golden eyes with no sclera and a brighter golden pupil. Sailleach (otherwise known as Willow) is a gray corsac fox with green eyes and green, gray, and cream markings. The Main marking is a cream crescent moon on her forehead. Last is Frostfire, an icy blue dragon with feathers.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · last yr.

Meet Kali, my Firbolg Gloomstalker Ranger! ^_^ Her ghostly snake companion is a homebrewed version of the item "Simon" from CritRole campaign 1. #dndart #firbolg #portraitsketch #gloomstalker #ttrpgart #art

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · last yr.

Please feel free to save, print, and use personally. Not for commercial use. I'm not a cartoonist or a caricature artist, but an attempt was made. DM me if you want the OG file in order to resize. Default resolution is letter sized paper. #nokings #democracynow #staysafeeveryone

Cartoon caricature of Donald Trump in front of a diagonal sign stating
"No Kings" atop a United States of America flag

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · last yr.

My Sibling had me do a "roll for OC" and this ghostly kiddo is my roll. Nonbinary ghost/ghoul child. Took a lot of reference from Grell (Black Butler character) and some pins that got me wanting to try a more cartoony style than I normally do. I haven't named them, feel free to comment suggestions!

A fullbody concept sketch of a nonbinary glowing ghost child with floating straight red hair in a half up-half down hairstyle. Their face shows an almost smug expression with glowing blue eyes and a single sharpened tooth in their crooked smile. They wear a red long trench coat, a glowing chain moon necklace, a suit vest, suit pants, and multi-colored sneakers.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · last yr.

Did a portrait of my sibling's (Cherry_Trickster) DnD character Locke. Apparently it is National Drawing Day and while I couldn't make a decision of what to draw myself, I am always thankful to my Sibling for giving me prompts when I can't. #dnd5e #dndcharacter #art #characterart #arikin13

A portrait of a humanoid woman with long black feathery hair, piercing yellow eyes, and brightly colored beaded earrings with a crow feather. She has an almost bemused look on her face as she has one brow arched and a half smile. There is a golden hair clip in her hair. She wears dark brown leather armor that is very roughly colored in. The background is a gradient mix of lilac and yellow with a rough blend.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · last yr.

Did another D&D scene sketch We are in a giant library with some floating pillars and it has made for some interesting things. Our harengon is standing on our Goliath in order to read the directory and my earth genasi has rigged her rope whip as a harness from the floor above #dnddoodles #dndart

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · last yr.

Different take on a self portrait... so here is me surrounded by my negativity with what little glow of creativity I still have, wilting, but trying to continue shining. #arikin13 #arikin13art #selfportrait #digitalartist #clipstudiopaintart

An excessively dark, red tinged abyss with a faintly glowing green and orange body in the fetal position in the center. Inside of the body is green leaves of varying colors, and a single tree with branches holding faintly glowing orange flowers. The glow is dimmed on most of the flowers. The person holds a single, wilting orange flower with barely any glow, but yet it still gives off enough light to brighten up the person a little.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · last yr.

Not... my normal style. Chose to use a very rough pen for this piece because I didn't feel clean fit the emotions I was creating with. Portrayed is my character Asha... it isn't perfect, far from it, but I think the emotion is there. Wishing for better days ahead, for health and hope and friends.

A green skinned face framed by dark green hair with orange to yellow to white eyes that burn with an inner and outer rage. The eyes glow with the anger and that glow spills onto the cheeks, nose, and strands of hair.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 2y ago

Watching EXU: Divergence and very much enjoyed a description of Crokas during battle and so gave an attempt at drawing him. #art #sketch #crokas #criticalrole #exudivergence #dragonborn #ttrpgart

Side view facing bust of Crokas, a character from Critical Role’s Exandria Unlimited: Divergence. A scarred Dragonborn with a bulge at his throat and an attempt at lightning shooting from his snarling maw. He wears tattered clothes and has some darker markings on his mostly white scaled body.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 2y ago

QRP with your art that has stars! This is an oldie of mine- Galaxy Fox which I made in 2018 for a competition. P sure it’s only on my ancient dA account at this point (ForeverEryn). #arttrain #artshare #art

ZFellowBud || Commission in VGen@zefellowbud.bsky.social · 2y ago

✨️ QRP with your art that has stars 💫 #arttrain #artshare #art

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have worked on an art. :P Sketch of my D&D character, Wuri, and his sentient scythe Sapphire (Saf). I hath digitized my sketch and colored them in. May I do more of these this year, please no more art block. #dnd5e #dndcharacter #art #characterart #scythe #arikin13

Sketched illustration of a pale man holding a flaming scythe in his right hand. His back faces the viewer. The scythe has a blue eye and is wreathed in bright blue flames. The man wears armor and holds a shield in his mostly unseen left hand.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 2y ago

I struggle with motivation and habit building. This year I hope to do more than I did last year (practically nonexistent) so yesterday I pulled my tablet out and just started playing. I threw rules out the window and just tried. I don't know if I am done with this portrait or not, but I have tried.

Flat colored sketch of a right-horned half deer half human woman. She has Hollyhock flowers at her forehead and along a vine up her left arm. She wears a collar with a sparkling gemstone. Her eyes glitter in yet unseen light.

Roughly colored and shaded portrait of a right-horned, half deer half human woman. Dappled sunlight shines on her olive toned skin. She has furry downturned deer ears, and hollyhock flowers in her hair and on her left shoulder. Her eyes are brightly lit and there is a smile on her face.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sketch of my yet unplayed character Alcea. Origin: Hollyhock flower (Alcea), Buff-thighed Puffleg Hummingbird (mostly for coloration), Muntjac deer Ancestry: Satyr for the statblock, but she's basically a half deer-folk? I love crazy D&D worlds. #art #dndart #satyrart #Alcea #sketch

Sketch of a deer-like woman with round eyes, downward turned deer ears, a single upward pointed horn above her right eye, and very puffy long wavy hair. She has a deer-like nose, a dark upturned upper lip. She wears a high collared top with no sleeves and feather decorations on her shoulders.

Fullbody sketch of a satyr-like female with cloven hooves on digitigrade deer legs. She has a smile, deer ears, and a single upturned horn above her right eye. She has a curved glaive in her hands. She is wearing a skirt and tank top.

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 2y ago

I... have not done much drawing since 2023 so this is my biggest success for 2025-- I sketched a character and completed his portrait. Wuri -- Human Cleric/Sorcerer who looks like death warmed over #art #portrait #dnd #dndcharacter #dndcharacterart #humansorcerer #investigator

Allie Briggs 🔜 DragonCon @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 2y ago

ARTSHARE Lots of new folks coming in from META let's welcome them in! ✦ Introduce yourself, add a fun fact about you ✦ Share your art ✦ Repost for visibility ✦ Tag a friend! ✦ Will repost for 24 hours 🚫 SFW human-made art only🚫 #artshare #art

Artshare. A lavender tiefling is jumping excited toward the viewer!

Ari | Commissions Open @arikin13.bsky.social · 2y ago

Posting some of my favorite art to start off my blue sky account ^_^ Haven't drawn in a long time so most of this is from 2021. These are some old portraits I still love. #art #portraits #dnd5e #pf2e #aasimar #dwarf #elf #lizardfolk

Portrait of a weathered, middle aged woman wearing heavy armor meant for color weather, gray hair drawn into a messy bun with bangs concealing part of her tilted head. Her skin is pale, in a deathly sense. She has two long scars stretching from her left forehead, across her nose, to her right cheek. Her eyes have a glowing white pupil, and her sclera are a raging thunderstorm with lightning dancing. Her name is Amnizi Nimraza.

A portrait of an elderly dwarven man with heavy wrinkles across his weathered face. He has very bushy, feathered eyebrows and bright brown eyes. His dark brown and gray hair is long and drawn back into several braids. Three feathers are pinned in his hair above his left ear. He has a dark brown and gray beard that reaches down to the bottom of his chest. Three braids of mostly gray hair decorate this beard. He wears simple leather armor with shoulder armor carved out of bone.