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ah-Dorchaich
@ahDorchaich@ieji.de
mastodon 4.7.3Tech necromancer, solo gamedev, Krita enjoyer, radical anarchist. I fight for diversity, uniqueness n self-expression (human rights, ecology, freedom, FOSS, queers) while fighting my own damaged brain (depression, cPTSD, ADHD, sociophobia, low battery).
pls bear with me being mostly offline n hiding/shy - am not ignoring nor projecting my traumas onto u, I started to really live this life only after 30y n 'tis hard af, sorry for all inconveniences!!
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Joined January 02, 2026
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he/him
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gay, married, ΘΔ, neurodivergent, Scottish
current setup:
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 LineageOS, Clevo laptop Ubuntu LTS & Kuobuntu LTS, Tor for intenet.
all my links ig:
ok so, i had to draw her. the name (Magpie), the colours... damn beautiful! first time drawing a WoF dragon, i looked up official concepts n read about hybrids, i like really hope the character's owner wont scold me for any mistakes if i made them... Magpie's a rainwing/nightwing hybrid.
well, this piece was another experiment. of a few ideas: scattered light but more cartoony/simplified than realistic, no overrendering ('tis my worst trait, i redraw n overrender n it drains my resources n doesnt always look good even!), keeping it all simple n almost flat but with some of that scattered light. plus bonus for using only one brush (ok i used one smudging brush in a few shadows a wee bit which is almost cheating for me...); also i always wanted to draw sun peeking from the treetops lol.
for now am looking at it and screming inside that i should've rendered it either into extreme realism or at least not left the scattered lights (WHICH ARE THE SECOND POINT OF MY PERSONAL CHALLENGE). so, fighting my own brain again, yay 🥲
character's owner: https://artfight.net/~DinoScytheCreations
kinda wanna draw more WoF dragons now, but am already behind my own schedule for this art fight so either am gonna open requests later or dunno...
#wof #wingsoffire #wingsoffireart #art #digitalart #illustration #dragon #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
am first time uploading animated stuff here, lets see how it works 🧐
thanks GIMP has the perfect animation engine for my case, i freaking cant do all those animations techniques presented in Krita, am old and i do every frame as a separated file, my first old animations i did on paper, like am this ancient.....
soooo, needed to try something simple and for some reason i encountered this character and as am with temperature and barely functioning, i made THIS 🐱
character belongs to https://artfight.net/~Wiener_Dog
#doodle #animation #digitalart #aliencat #cat #silly #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #krita #gimp #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
this was an experiment of combining chalk and oil brushes. honestly it went not as planned and though it has a whole load of rendering - 'tis too huge to be a presented on the web. like, 'tis ~6440x1900px, i cant rescale it without losing the quality and details (aka rendered feathers etc). which is unfortunate and i should start using smaller canvases. anyways, i uploaded the original full file to MEGA ( https://mega.nz/file/UicxnIbB#3WnIMYX7LPnKXl5_HLd5Uz7H7d2Cwu6QHzk9Y8QMygY ) so you're welcome to download and zoom it in, as I had to shrink it for the web and now it looks awful. am kinda sad cuz 'tis not even useful for portfolio cuz of this resolution and as 'twas a free work during the art fight event 'tis practically not useful at all (aka i did not even get paid or cant use it for my own profile pics as the character isnt mine etc). dunno who would ever need to see it in my portfolio, who needs all these overrendered details that are visible only when zoomed in on PC. like, 'tis not even a masterpiece (the pose is too static imo, i see lots of imperfections, average work in general) to do so.
i will attach some close-up screenshots ig, the one with the bird is my fave part. the bird was the least rendered and yet i love it the most here.
the character belongs to https://artfight.net/~paleobitz
i was fascinated by the lore and the design.
aye, kinda #rant but mb someone will be interested in this work and the story behind it - i can never know...
#utahraptor #raptor #dinosaur #pathoftitans #digitalart #art #horror #macabre #paleoart #illustration #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
sooooooo, 'tis Merel! he was an anthropomorphic coyote long ago but for personal reasons he's now strictly feral. i do love him tenderly, he's my comfy wee lad n sweet bun n all other cutsie words lol.
i didna plan a ref for him tbh. well, in the long run only. but then kinda felt like doing it plus it works for art fight (i've awfully small amount of characters there n am afraid i make people uncomfortable with it...).
the text on the pic prolly has lots of typos, i hate adding text on refs and damn was i exhausted while doing this one! i fixed some typos already (with a brush lmao) but there's prolly a lot more ofc.
so, 'tis my sketchy ref style for quick concepts ig 🫠
#art #digitalart #originalcharacter #coyote #sketch #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery #mastoart #artistsonmastodon
will quickly toot this one 'fore i've got sucked into a busy week.
one of the older sketches, the paper appeared to be to low-quality for adding water to it, well 'twas a doodle anyways.
pen: Moonman Wancai (visible in the first photo), ink: Noodler's Rome, n some water
'tis just a random wild cat, need to practice drawing felidae in general ig.
#art #doodle #sketch #inkart #ink #traditionalart #fineart #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #fountainpens
this character reminded me of my hella old character (mine was a ghost borzoi tho, this one isnt).
i experimented with a new style here and tbh am not really satisfied - to me it looks like a lot less rendering than it is ('twas a huge work honestly, lots of rendering in reality). i do like the result myself but am thinking on drawing this amazing character again in my more preferred styles lol. here i tried to adapt my style plus experimented a bit to fit the character.
the character's name is mr. Brightside and he belongs to https://artfight.net/~Boominkuwanger
#art #digitalart #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #borzoi #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
old inky sketch cuz didna show it before
was tryina sketch a dragon for my setting but I dont like the chin here, also it looks like they have eyes but they mustnt, so this one’s kinda discarded. i also tried to add some inky blots just for the vibes or whatever but i dont like how it looks in the end. pen prolly Hocoro 1mm nib, ink for sure Lamy Petrol 2025 edition
#mastoart #traditionalart #fineart #dragon #sketch #inkart #art #artistsonmastodon
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@objectrecycler@woof.tech @kabel42@polymaths.social unfortunately GrapheneOS doesnt provide eternal support for older Pixels. i bought mine used ('tis 7A) and 'tis an old model which will soon be unsupported. i personally was looking at fairphones for the future to flash something like LineageOS there if available, but cant be sure . like, till my Pixel will be supported by GrapheneOS am totally ok with it. then i prolly will flash LineageOS if it'll work. then i might try anything else which will support it or fiddle and write my own. but am not gonna turn it into e-waste, even if i'll have to buy a new phone (hope i wont, i hate buying new tech).
@buidelrat@todon.nl asked me to show my painted minis so i finally gathered meself to toot 'em lol.
well i've none finished but this one's more of an almost done thingy. 'tis that my character Shenton from my setting n game projects. well the mini itself was some random skeleton warrior from a set of such, i ordered 'em on Temu (or AliX?..) some time ago. this one fitted my character most of all.
i use cheapo Chinese acrylic markers i thrifted n toothpicks n some noname cheapo brushes i got for gluing stuff long ago. brushes i use the least, only when i need the dry brush effect, mostly just those fat markers n toothpicks for precise parts.
the mini's 32mm tall, if anything. i will need to detail it more, to paint the weapon, to refine it all. but in general i do like how it looks like even now tbh.
am no expert in this stuff, if anything. i dont play dnd (hope to, one day!) or other such stuff, i never painted miniatures before, i dont have professional tools or paints n i dont even prime the minis cuz primers too expensive n i cant afford wasting so much money on a thing that i'll use a few times only.
'tis a wee hobby i tend to sometimes just for my own enjoyemnt, nothing professional n nothing to show off. just showing some stuff i do like :3
P.S.: character's info can be found here -
https://artfight.net/character/8340000.general-shenton
other artworks with them i tooted already, can be found by #mastoart hashtag
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@objectrecycler@woof.tech i feel so much joy doing such wee silly bright thingies for others, maybe i need cheerful critter characters for myself as well xD
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@OpenComputeDesign@linuxrocks.online i know the feeling. i had to buy a Pixel and a Samsung Tab, and choosing them was such a pain cuz all affordable stuff wasnt supported. ended up buying both off-hands and used ofc. also all the stuff with carriers blocking the bootloader, the only one that would be 100% unlockable was a Japanese version so i've a Japanese Pixel lmao. but the amount of stress over all this shite was exhausting tbh. hope to not have any similar troubles for a few decades...
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@OpenComputeDesign@linuxrocks.online basically you can reflash a system easily on your mobile device but 'tis not as obvious as with desktop computers or laptops, and from what i see more and more - even with laptops 'tis almost not a thing anymore, people just buy them with preinstalled microslop and throw them away when microslop drops the support.
anyways, fully relating to your toots, feeling kinda same. had to quit programming and even gamedev for some time cuz 'tis all about windows and android and for some reason morally 'tis way to hard for me rn. like, honestly even all those custom ROMs are android in the core. like, am just tired of it all ig.
mental health aka why am offline for so long again
if anyone has warrior cats, dinos, dragons or other feral animals or creatures as their characters for art fight, pls feel free to leave links to ur profiles! i cant promise to manage all the attacks butttttt i will try to draw for u guys after the event then and for free as well lol.
#artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
need to be hella productive today, prolly will be slacking off everything n just tooting tomorrow
ok so less internet n screens in general makes me fr feel better aka calmer but fuck do i miss the internet...................................
well at least am productive at important stuff (aka building up my portfolios n studying n learning to fuck capitalism with all my Big Dreams of my own craft businesses). stuff for allergic disabled folks to praise the uniqueness of each person n so on, art mediums n leather thingies. would gladly add jewellery as well cuz am skilled at that but that's expensive shite so will save it for later. sadly will have to postpone perfumery till am rich enough for buying all the ingredients but fuck do i loved it... fortunately i still have all my field notes, recipes n stuff, so one day i'll get to there.
still cant return to digital stuff creation (gamedev, coding in general, art) which sucks af. like i even wanna return to it butttt just feeling numb n somewhat disgusted about even doing it - expecting it all to feel like a torture. fuck those were my beloved hobbies, how dared i to burn out like that 😰
instead of tooting or just doing nice stuff, spent the whole evening in fuckass breakdown. the fuck i was so determined recently, all i've got again is no hope and despair. i dont even have words to describe what i feel. i hate all those in charge, i hate being powerless to even save myself n my family. and i hate to experience it cuz am not suicidal anymore so it hurts like hell.
i might try to toot with request for help, all i need is just info on what the fuck to do in some situations, but i dont even know which hashtags to use to be seen by those who might be able to share this vital info...
it all feels so fucked. and i dont even have any beliefs or stuff to preach, i kinda envy those who can find at least some help for their tortured souls in such stuff.
tbh got this fuckass breakdown after we finished watching The Boys's 5th season as all the do - they talk about hope and all that. 'tis inspiring, important and i love it. but for myself n my family - we just dont see a way out. i kinda fr dislike when characters in fiction where magic or superpowers are real, when in such fiction characters talk about hope n stuff. like, 'tis still importnat n inspiring, but fuck i cant relate and get more hope for myself - cuz we dont have miracles or superpowers here, all we have is just endless flood of shite.
somehow, i still love people, Earth and do believe we're gonna win and end capitalism. but now i started to think 'tis gonna happen without me.
i've nice stuff to share (surprisingly) but need to finish this day w/o internet n w my family so will toot later. (i even have some gifts for folks here finally!!)
n fuck we need a movie n everything new feels not safe cuz might trigger n old cool stuff we just watched. so chose httyd, i recently sketched some of those dragons from memory, hopefully will get some inspiration. fuck i so hope i'll return to digital stuff, i miss coding n krita but that burnout was so severe...
shorter version witout tw: i will prolly be mostly offline for dunno how long, but will do my best to appear from time to time
Am in some pure fuckass terror cuz of some more shite happening. we must start solving all the crap we're in even more actively. fuuuuck. i just hope that we're gonna win in the end n that am gonna at least manage to take photos of my paper art (i dont have delusions about taking it with us). surviving is the priority rn, might be a lot more offline just cuz too much panic, terror n must act. will hold in mind all the stuff i've seen in LOTR n Hobbit, all about hope n such. fuck i'll start believe in miracles if it all works out n our family survives..............
managed to draw for an hour or so but daaaaamn resizing photos so the web wont shrink 'em is tedious........ prolly will upload everything a lot later cuz i tbh didna even take photos of all that -__-
felt so inspired by u folks, might even go draw smthn
daaaaaaaamn must write a normal introduction n make new avatar n other stuff
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i prolly will abandon my tumblr account which makes me feel bad af (i'll try my best to return there to fullfill the request i've got), but i just cant cope with their ads n algorithms n all the blinking fast stuff... like, am just not comfy :< i couldnt make meself feel at home or even just simply okay there, unlike on fediverse or krita-artists or FPN. sooooooo guess i'll give up the struggle. anyway the only activity i get there is scammers which i never encountered on my comfy platforms. 'tis making me sad but torturing meself will not lead me anywhere. i cant become popular anyway plus it would prolly make me even more uncomfy. like, am ok with chatting with folks here or on other comfy platforms, but there everything's just... scary?? i might try to return there once am better (fr hope i'll get better) buttt for now ig 'tis a pass :(
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@introvertcatto@lgbtqia.space darn i'm glad that they suspended my account right after registration (for using Tor lol). i'd seriously get into some wrath mode there if i'd encountered anything like this, like totally wtf.
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@introvertcatto@lgbtqia.space afaik they adopted new rules to please the UK shithole with fuckass bitchy govs (literal monarchy btw) backed by the fuckass Rowling, i fr agree with what u wish to all of them, that is fully deserved. i dont want them to be taxed n get away with all the shite they're doing. somehow ppl outisde UK dont really get the whole picture but aye, all that age bullshit verification started here. like if british empire didnt have the perfect record with crimes against humanity already, lets frigging spread it onto the internet /sarcasm
that's totally unacceptable, they're turning into Shitter v2.0, voluntarily.
am frequently sad that i cant follow cool queer folks on Shitter, Insta, Bluesky but then i care about my family's n mine safety and basically i cant even register on those as they're gonna ban me beforehand for aye - just securing my connection with Tor or VPN. same with Reddit, i've seen cool communities there but cuz of the platform being a bootlicker i cant join. this shite infuriates me af.
was a kinda quickish pastel-like work but i fr enjoyed it, wish to have such pieces commissioned in the future just cuz i fr just plain enjoy painting this way
character belongs to https://artfight.net/~MatchBoxCars
#art #digitalart #krita #illustration #creature #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
another artwork for artfight. i got like really inspired by this character’s lore (he’s a spirit guiding migrating birds and his markings resemble wheat and birds). third time drawing a horse so was anxious xD (birds not so first time, i draw them frequently, but a flying bird caused some troubles). it seemed kinda fitting to picture him as in some kind of children book illustration. his lore felt slightly like The Witcher stuff, but on the bright side. at first i was worried that the background (the sky exactly) isnt blending with the character very well, but then I do like how it looks like plus i always tried to make backgrounds less or more grainy to distinguish them from the main object in the scene when i was using soft pastels on paper, so i left it this way - the way i felt was right lol.
brushes used: default Krita’s chalk details (painting), Ramon Miranda’s Charcoal Pencil Detail (initial sketch), some other various charcoal brushes by Ramon Miranda (background). time dunno, prolly ~6 hours in total cuz i tend to fix and repaint things plus am never satisfied with my backgrounds lol.
tbh was happy to draw a unicorn. i cant have my own unicorn character cuz 'tis triggering for personal and political reasons (am Scottish, in short) so drawing even a horse-like unicorn (technically, unicorns are goats!) with such an interesting lore was a very pleasant experience.
the character belongs to https://artfight.net/~Morena_Art
unshaded version with flat colours as always in the replies.
#art #illustration #digitalart #horse #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
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@objectrecycler@woof.tech aye, the mood!! it should be illegal to do adult stuff (aka errands, chores, bills, etc) before 12am at least imo......
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@ello@void.ello.tech @veronica this is so true! when i got my tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S7, sourced a used one), before flashing LineageOS to it I tried to click on some vanilla apps outta curiosity. NONE worked without a google account! and i just dont have one so got a feeling of pure cringe and got rid of it all asap. but that was to be very honest - very unpleasant and unsettling and kinda even creepy, to even hold that google-powered stuff in my hands.
P.S.: LineageOS bc couldnt afford a Pixel tablet for GrapheneOS but I do have it on my Pixel phone.
'tis a HTTYD character who belongs to https://vivillustrationscard.carrd.co/
i like REALLY enjoyed drawing him! cartoony styles are always a challenge to me but i kinda experimented n combined n i do like how it looks.
#artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026 #mastoart #art #digitalart #artistsonmastodon #httyd #howtotrainyourdragon #skrill #dragon #illustration
a bunch of sketches for art fight am working on rn.
characters belong to:
https://artfight.net/~Little_Drifted
https://artfight.net/~Morena_Art
https://artfight.net/~GreysZzzZzz
#art #digitalart #dinosaur #spinosaurus #dragon #horse #unicorn #sketch #krita #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
#fediask #duckduckfedi #mastoart #art #artistsonmastodon
folks i need like real honest reviews/suggestions ig.
i've looked into art station alternatives (i need a portfolio site, not a blogging platform like i do on mastodon) and i've found ArtFol, Artgram and Cara. so, which you'd say are no-no, which are better, what are pros n cons etc? like, i mean, ethically too cuz i dont wanna support some bigots or algorithms ('tis why am not on art station for example). also if u know other platforms which act more like portfolio (aye, art station kinda style ig) - pls lmk!
i was looking into toyhouse but it seems to be a closed platform and requires invitation plus without having an account i couldnt even explore it...
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@objectrecycler@woof.tech am sadly not really back as we didnt solve our shite :( and am in some deep depressive pit so i cant even do my silly hobbies to stay sane. kinda wanna try to just force myself into traditional art, a day without screens and such, maybe it will help me a wee bit... cuz fr barely functionong and cant even do hobbies (even listening to music or movies fr).
and some WIPs for art fight as well. am fr behind my schedule but am in generally very slow with art cuz i overdetail, redraw and overrende everything... fr hope am gonna finish it all in time (i've more WIPs but those are on my Tab...). am trying RGBA brushes for the first time also which is a crazy but fun thing as i never used oil paints (even when was a traditional artist).
characters (and tiny refs included on the pics) belong to:
https://artfight.net/~paleobitz
https://artfight.net/~Little_Drifted
#art #digitalart #sketch #wip #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery #dinosaurs
so, now artfight doesnt work with Privacy Badger and explicitly asks to disable it. like, what the actual fuck?! this world's gone crazy, it seems soon i'll have to ditch all platforms that use that fucked up cloudflare and 'tis like to be cut out of the internet nowadays... but am so fucking angry. i do NOT want to disable that innocent tool, 'tis like the most innocent of tools that can be used, it causes no harm to any bitcharse out there even. like literally what the actual fuck?! i wish cloudflare to burn ngl.
#techrant #tech #cloudflare #artfight #privacy #digitalfreedom #rant
i fr enjoyed this one cuz the colour combo is one of my most favoured plus spinosaurus and alike dinos are just cool. used RGBA Wet and defaulr brushes and applied heavily over and over again in small sizes, to make the paint look kinda thick and with no huge brushstrokes - to make it look like made with wee brushes. still experimenting with digital oil paints, aye.
character belongs to https://artfight.net/~Little_Drifted
#art #digitalart #dinosaur #spinosaurus #dino #dinoart #paleoart #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #krita #illustration #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
this was another piece with the same character i made for art fight. love the character, doodling him this way was a pleasant experience.
quick doodle with one brush (charcoal pencil details by Ramon Miranda)
character belongs to https://artfight.net/~Boominkuwanger
#art #digitalart #eerie #spooky #doodle #sketch #illustration #artistsonmastodon #mastoart #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery #borzoi
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@introvertcatto@lgbtqia.space such news get me into some sorta stupor - i cant fucking comprehend how such crap can happen in reality. like, am fully aware it does happen and isna even a rare thing, but it should NOT ever happen, like what the fuck?! and then i just get frustrated n angry n feeling down n then scared for my family... modern world shouldnt be like this really imo.
second time working with oil paints (even tho in digital, that's a new medium to me anyways, am a pastel/chalk/charcoal artist) and i tried to make it somewhat picturesque. horses are extremely hard to draw and even tho i tried to fix it, anatomy still looks kinda wonky imo, i guess i need to watch more videos about how their skeletons and muscles work… i’ve a wonderful course by Aaron Blaise somewhere, bought it a few years ago and still didnt watch, yikes. the sketch is creepy, i’ll attach it below xD
took me ~2-3 houts cuz i kinda got inspired ig, usually i spend a lot more and overrender everything, which is my curse and i must learn to do simple works. here i forced myself into working on A5 canvas and tried to not overrender (tho failed this one prolly, dunno am render-blind recently 🥲 ).
anyways, ‘twas a quick revenge for art fight, the owner of this magnificent mustang is https://artfight.net/~Dibgus
#digitalart #art #horse #mustang #krita #rgbabrushes #painting #illustration #landscape #wildlifeart #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #wildlife #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
awake since 6am for errands, mweeeeeh .__.
i completely forgor to toot this one btw...
character belongs to https://artfight.net/~GreysZzzZzz
one of experiments with style 'twas, again. two brushes as always plus some smudging tools for bg. the point was in making it semi-realistic, simplified but not stylised, sorta dreamy and light.
final and no-effects versions.
#art #digitalart #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #krita #dragon #illustration #sketch #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery
a few more sketches for art fight. ‘tis all i managed for today .__.
i drew a deer only once before and ‘twas a year ago, but this character is just SO cool…
the character and the copy-pasted ref belong to https://artfight.net/~drachebone
#art #digitalart #sketch #wip #artfight #artfight2026 #artfight2026teammystery #mastoart #artistsonmastodon
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i also doodled some stuff for one of my old but not forgotten settings but daaaamn am too nerfed to take pics of that now 🫠