Art blog of Ari Coester. He/him. Mid 20s. I post comic concept art, cute animal watercolor, and surrealist illustration. My favorite things to draw are animals and monsters.
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Tasty tart, inspired by a strawberry rhubarb tart I had from the local vegan restaurant and still dream about to this day. Fell off the face of the earth for a bit (moved across the country and started a new job) but now that I’m settled posts should be more regular.
Fun background experiment. Featuring spooky floating city.
Image Id: A woman with shoulder length black hair wearing a cream sundress with green ribbon waste band stands in a field of green grass. She has a cream hat with a green ribbon band. She holds the hats brim and looks up at a floating city. The bottom is made of three rings with blue fires on the bottom that get larger as they go up toward the city. The city is made of different sized towers covered with ivy with rounded or pointed tops. There’s a central tower with three rings around. Its top is an observatory dome. The city is purple, silver, and gray. Wispy clouds surround it.
A little raeda to tide you through the hiatus.
Image Id: Eda in harpy form bridal carries Raine Whispers in the sky. Eda’s wings are spread out behind her. Raine and Eda are kissing. Raine holds Eda’s face with one hand and the other rests in their lap. Behind them is a sunset that goes from purple to pink to orange to gold. The purple is studded with lavender stars. Yellow, purple, and peach clouds fill the sky behind them.
A water color snail. They are a Cuban painted snail. Their name is Sheldrake. Might make some snails for sale if they become popular.
Image Id: A snail on a light, warm gray background. The snail’s head has two gray eyestalks and one small gray tentacles. The head is red on top, orange in the middle, and yellow on the bottom. The center of the spiral is white. As it moves out it becomes yellow, then green, then white again. Then it shifts to dark brown, to brown and orange and finally to red and yellow.
A portrait of a dear friend.
Image ID: A dark skinned boy with bright red hair playing a bone flute. He wears a golden circlet with a braid pattern and matching gold bracelets. He has a green shirt with gold stitching on the sleeve ends and the collar. The stitches make x’s. A goldfinch covers his eyes. Two more fly around him. A full moon casts purple light in the background. A scattering of stars surround the moon. The sky transitions to purple at the top of the canvas to gold at the bottom.
Really like little red riding hood, lady knights, and fairytale retellings. Expect many more red-riding hood images, it’s a years-long obsession not leaving anytime soon.
Image Id: An anthropomorphic gray wolf with a sheep skin cape and red eyes kneels before a young adult in leather armor. The wolf kisses her hand. Her conflicted face is framed by her short brunette hair. On her upper left arm’s armor is a metal engraving of a slashed through paw. Her left hand holds a knife. She wears a white skirt, brown leggings, and brown boots. A red cape billows out behind her. The figures stand in a snowy meadow in front of many aspens.
Boyfriend drawing time : ). He likes flowers.
Image Id: An Indian man looks over his shoulder with one eye brow raised and a half smile. Messy strands of black hair and one strand of silver hair hangs in his face. He has a crown braid with various flowers (larkspur, mountain aster, wild rose, baby’s breath, and one lily) woven into it. The sunshine hits and the side of his face looking towards the camera. Behind him, a wild green bush rises into the blue sky.
Lil style experiment. Featuring wolf furry (yes I am indeed original)
Image Id: Gray anthropomorphic wolf with a gleaming orange eye and white sharp teeth. He’s wearing a red and black checkered flannel with white buttons on the collar. Underneath is a white tee shirt. His blue jeans have rips on the outside of the thigh. He has black sneakers with white soles, laces, and white toes and orange stitching. He’s holding a disposable cup of coffee in his left hand, and his right is in his pocket. The background is an orange gradient with angular shapes outlined in light blue pointing towards them. The shapes are filled with white with a blue gradient.
Lil color pencil experiment. Madagascar Day Gecko. His name is Sam :)
Image ID: A green gecko with orange spots and a white belly clings to a pink wall in a C shape. His toe pads are orange. His shadow is purple.
My boyfriend requested some sea slug sketches; they turned out so good I thought I’d share them with y’all. Behold the magnificent, blushing sea bunnies.
Image Id: A small, oval, white sea slug with brown spikes and two feathery brown antennae. He is outlined in silver on top and dark gray on bottom. There are small blush marks on his cheeks. The top background is a simple blue, the bottom background is a purple to blue gradient.
Sometimes you just wanna draw a beautiful woman who is also a space goddess. Planets were super fun.
Image Id: A black woman with short curly hair and dark brown eyes is shown from the shoulders up. She is smiling slightly at the viewer. Three planets circle her on orbits marked by golden dashed rings. The biggest is green and dark blue, the middle is blue and white, and the smallest is purple green and white. The background is a purple galaxy filled with purple clouds and stars.
We love kickass femmes in this house.
Image Id: A young woman in a pale tank top and dark, pleated skirt stands in front of a stand of snowy pines beneath a dark purple sky. Her long back hair waves behind her in the wind. With one hand she wipes pink blood away from her black lips. The other hand holds a knife and it and her arm up to the elbow are coated in pink blood. Her body is painted in blue gray tones, and her eyes are pink. The sky is filled with snow.
“Stars Hide Your Fires”
A little style experimentation
Image ID: A person stands against a blue background, head bowed and cupped hands touched to their lips. Their arms are wrapped in paper strips and they have a short sleeved jacket with a fur hood. They have long hair in a ponytail and antlers. Their body is see through, revealing the blue background behind them. They are shaded in blue. A spray of orange stars is visible through their transparent skin.
I always seem to come back to stand still stay silent. Lalli’s my fave, so I made a lil art piece.
Image Id: Full body of Lalli from stand still stay silent in his uniform from adventure 1. He’s holding a small knife in front of his face with his right hand. His left is down by his side, glowing with red mage magic. 3 trees and a purple, twilight sky are behind him. At his feet the snow is trampled. Around his is a ring of blood splatters.
Some angsty raeda because I love them.
Image ID: In the upper left corner, Eda Clawthrone in her harpy form flies towards Raine, who is dressed in their barde coven uniform, in the bottom right corner. Raine is falling with their eyes closed. One of their arms is raised and Eda reaches with one arm for their hand. The background is a gradient from peach to dark purple, with peach in the upper left corner and purple in the bottom right.
Little bit of style experimentation. A bit fuzzier.
Image ID: Young person sitting on the ground with one knee up and an arm resting on it. The other arm is propping them up for support. They wear hiking boots, jeans, and a puffer jacket with a fur hood. They have long, black hair in a ponytail and a slightly confused expression.
I desperately need to pass French to graduate
Two bros on a motorbike. Where will they go?
I do not know who he is. I saw him in a dream, and I think he’s a harbinger. I know he murder shit. Like the spooky new art style.
Happy Halloween from town best buds!
Gotta protect the palisman
Wizard slug! Gonna cast some spells and commit some crimes! Comment his crimes below?
Plague Doctor Possum on his way to eat some ticks. Nom Nom.
Older piece (October 2020) but I still like it.
Raine needed more art. So I made some. I love them.
WARNING SLIGHT GORE FOR PIC BELOW
You don’t have to be black, it just means you support us, you stand by us and your for us.
Say hello to Midas (they/them) and Kira (she/they). A drummer and bassist respectively, they’re quite the duo.
More Kira because I love them. Only they have the power to make me draw in perspective.
This is Kira. Pronouns are she/they. Favorite activities are chewing bubble gum and playing bass guitar. Inspiration for the blog name “Bubblegum Punk”