I'm going to be uploading my older and then more recent pieces in the following days and weeks! I hope you'll look forward to them, even if you've already known me from other platforms. Thank you for your support. <3

Astolfo (courtesy of [VenenumTea](https://twitter.com/VenenumTea)) in all his glory. Strength is a curious thing. And some paths may promise power, but at what price?

Ludovic and his sensitive soul, dreaming of true love. Ballet is such a beautiful and demanding art form. Him being a ballet dancer in a modern setting was a perfect match, with his personality, his sensibility and dedication. I took a lot of inspiration from the interior of the Palace of Versailles for the background. Reference: https://bit.ly/3WtMxSB

An impulsive portrait of him that I had to draw. Expect updates on his appearance. He has really found me.

Abaddon, Aximand, Torgaddon and Loken, the Mournival, the best of the best. 🌕🌗🌔🌒

My tribute painting to the Oppenheimer movie and the book of Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. This has become one of the most important pieces for me that I've done so far, and the movie has become my favourite since. I'm still under its influence. I based this piece on my feelings I got from the movie, and I painted Oppenheimer as Cillian Murphy portrayed him, and in my eyes he did a masterful portrayal.

Laurence from Bloodborne, how I imagine him. I painted this back in June, this was my first major piece I did after starting to break down a lot of mental barriers thanks to my dear friend [VenenumTea](https://twitter.com/VenenumTea), who helped me and motivated me throughout that time.

[VenenumTea](twitter.com/VenenumTea)'s Astolfo (who has since then been handed to me) seeing the light that promises answers to his prayers. And solace to all the suffering this world had to endure. What ℎ𝑒 had to endure. Based on one of my favourite paintings, El Greco's Penitent Magdalene, made between 1576–1578.

𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤-𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑟. 𝐴 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠. 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟. 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑛. [Excerpts from The Buried Dagger by James Swallow]

Ludovic's momentary rest with silence and contemplation at the Great Waterfall Basin in Nokron. There's so much sorrow under the false night sky. And so much beauty.

My Ludovic and [VenenumTea](https://twitter.com/VenenumTea)'s Astolfo, as the union of the 5-5 Major Arcana my Marseille Tarot deck gave me as their mirror image. I took elements from the 5-5 Major Arcana I got for them to create their images. The Arcana my deck gave me were the High Priestess, the Hierophant, the Lovers, Judgment, and the Star for Ludovic, becoming the Gates of Heaven, and the Chariot, Strength, the Devil, the Sun, and the Tower for Astolfo, becoming the Conquest of the Underworld. As for the style of this piece I wanted to honour my Marseille Tarot deck as it has been my faithful guide and a great source of inspiration. My deck is from Le Tarot Pas à Pas by Marianne Costa, and is a reproduction of the deck Pierre Madenie made in 1709. On many of my cards the traces of the black outline of a different Arcanum can be seen, and I wanted to keep this: you can see the lineart of the other dimly in the background. I got most of my Tarot knowledge from Costa's Le Tarot Pas à Pas, Jodorowsky's The Way of the Tarot, and Anonymus's Meditations on the Tarot, the latter imparting knowledge on the Major Arcana from the point of view of Christian hermeticism, treating them as spiritual exercises. These books all deal with the Marseille Tarot deck. The Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is more popular, is different in many points, and reads differently.

This is a piece back from June. Ludovic was originally an empty placeholder without personality. He rapidly became a real character after [VenenumTea](https://twitter.com/VenenumTea) asked me whether he would kiss their Tarnished confessor, Astolfo. Of course he would.