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Illustration process for my birthday self-portrait

25 Dec 2025

Made a starter pack for all the artists featured on S1M* Check it out! go.bsky.app/NkzBGyN

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25 Dec 2025

If you didn't know, S1M* is an independent art magazine featuring novel works from artists all around the internet. You can read the first two published issues (over 50 contributors on each one!) over at our website: s1m.ufoshock.moe

24 Dec 2025

Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄 Wishing everyone some well-earned rest and good memories during the holidays, and a very fruitful new year! 🌟

24 Dec 2025

I've had some terrible times this last year, which is why I've been unable to share any new artwork. I simply didn't have the chance to work at all, just one thing after another. I'm actively working to get back on track next year and continue to do the things I love. Please look forward to it!

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pages for issue 2 of ufoshock's s1m* magazine by rura oilheart

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Found the original sketch (which i drew on a 2 hour buss ride lol) of "A Light in The Dark". The sketch that became my artwork for the first issue of S1M. @ufoshock.moe is a great inspiration, and i'm forever grateful for having the chance to be apart of such a project! #art #magazine #s1m

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A while ago, I made a long thread on the other site with some common questions (and answers!) regarding my artistic process and technique. I think there was a lot of useful information, so I want to share it here as well!

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26 Feb 2024

First painting of the year! Interlaced Bliss

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17 Aug 2024

Self-portrait I painted for my birthday

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20 Dec 2023

Affection (remake)

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Hello, I'm UFOSHOCK! I'm an artist, working with digital painting, illustration, and netart. I use social media to share my work, artistic process, and other experimental projects. Nice to meet you!

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@spookycoochie.bsky.social

22 Oct 2024

Perspective box exercise WIP!

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jenn!!!!

22 Oct 2024

let’s goooooo so excited this came in today @ufoshock.moe

22 Oct 2024

Perspective box exercise WIP!

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21 Oct 2024

S1M* by @ufoshock.moe

Hello, I'm UFOSHOCK! I'm an artist, working with digital painting, illustration, and netart. I use social media to share my work, artistic process, and other experimental projects. Nice to meet you!

Illustration process for my painting Affection

This is a painting from last year, so my process has changed a lot since then. However, I still like this piece a lot.

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20 Dec 2023

Post-life still life (remake)

I have an official website where I upload all of my works at a higher quality than social media, plus other fun surprises and ideas. It's a work in progress, so I'll keep changing the design and adding more sites in the future. You can visit the site here: ufoshock.moe

youtube.comRealtime PaintingYouTube video by UFOSHOCK

In one of the sites you can visualize the layers from one of my practice paintings. It works on desktop and mobile, so please try it! I hope to update it with more pieces soon. You can try it here: ufoshock.moe/sites/slider

This is a short video showcasing how I use both the brush and the color mixing tool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grkm...

Regarding layers, in my current workflow they are grouped by "base colors", "sketch", "color" and "color fix". I think I used a few more for this piece, but merged them with other layers during the process. The top layer is the flattened image, which I used for color adjustment and final editions.

Regarding canvas size: For portraits, I work at 9000x12000px, and for landscapes at 16000x9000px This is mostly targeting large printwork, so I resize them for social media. If you want higher quality copies you can find 1080p versions on my website!

For hardware, I use a Pen Display. Specifically, I have a Huion Kamvas 24 Plus. I used to have a Linux work machine (Arch with KDE) but due to requirements unrelated to painting, I had to change back to Windows.

The time I spend on each piece varies, but (including planning) each painting takes around 7 to 50 hours of work. Most of my pieces stay around 20 hours. I track the time with Krita's recording tool, which only runs when I actually put a brushstroke in, so I'm unsure what the real-time count is.

youtube.comKrita 4.3.0 in modern, minimalistic, dark THEME. Customize krita to your needs.YouTube video by wojtryb

I record my process with the built-in Krita recording tool. I used to record my entire screen, but I switched to the built-in option once it was released. This is much more convenient, as I no longer have to edit out all the sections where I do anything else on the computer.

My Krita layout was personalized from the tips in this video, alongside the catppuccin color scheme. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChF9...

I do sketch a general idea of my pieces before painting, and play with the lighting and colors during the planning part of my process. I also use reference material (photography for example) during planning, it helps a lot in figuring out lighting and shadows.

For the color transitions I use a color mixer, that allows me to pick from a gradient between two colors. It's called "color mixer docker" on Krita. I chose the lightest and darkest colors on a surface, and construct the transition from there. I highly recommend trying this tool!

krita-artists.orgVersion 6.0 of wojtryb's "Wont teach you to draw" brushpack relasedHi guys, Took a lot of time to prepare this release, but it’s finally here. Resource folder Direct download The pack features 26 brush presets, many of those using impasto features. ...

Activating the color mixer docker is a bit convoluted. You have to go to Settings -> Configure Krita -> Python Plugin Manager. There, enable "Mixer Slider docker", and now it should appear under Settings -> Dockers. You may have to restart Krita after enabling it for it to appear.

The software I use is Krita, and the brush is from an Impasto brushpack by wojtryb. These are free brushes, and Krita itself is free and open source, so do consider trying it out! krita-artists.org/t/version-6-...

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Illustration process for my birthday self-portrait

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