pout with tentacles

another art nouveau lineart portrait … with tentacles.

ink on paper

Tryphina 2018

dirt in the ground (tom waits fanart)

his voice, his looks, his poetry, his music … i love everything about tom waits and i often paint with some rough, moody song in the background and a glass of bourbon next to me.

ink on paper

Tryphina 2018

art nouveau queens: the fairy queen

fourth of a set of four art nouveau-style queens, the “shibari queen” aka “the fairy queen”.

ink on paper

Tryphina 2018

art nouveau queens: the mermaid queen

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third of a set of four art nouveau-style queens, the “queen of deep and shallow water” aka “the mermaid queen”.

ink on paper

Tryphina 2018

art nouveau queens: the slave queen

second of a set of four art nouveau-style queens, the “queen of the servitude” aka “the slave queen”.

ink on paper

Tryphina 2018

art nouveau queens: the drow queen

first of a set of four art nouveau-style queens, the “queen of the underdark” aka “the drow queen”.

as reference i used a portrait of hedy lamarr, now barely recognisable.

ink on paper, digitally added ornaments and frame

Tryphina 2018

roads

I listened to portishead “roads” while painting this. hence the name. I think it fits the mood of the song perfectly.

ink on paper

Tryphina 2018