I had a very hard time picking but here is a selection from this year of art, not including the dozens put into my book,

So grateful for the community that has supported my work this year, Patrons, collectors – it's been an amazing experience 💕

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Hi
I'm an independent artist & author. I create adventure-inspired art & an illustrated novel "Naiya And The Foxdragon", a tropical coming of age story.

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Yesterday’s oc’s name is Mamoru. Her name is Naiya. She’s one of Mamoru’s retainers

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Here's the other two evolution collages. Eleena and Naiya, and I'll include Aurora's as well.
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Nabby ---- Naiya
Nordic ---- Olga

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"When the balance in magic is overturned, a girl and her foxdragon friend are thrown into an adventure to save their lush, tropical island."

The setting for was inspired by my home country of Indonesia.

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I'm Naomi, an independent artist & author. I create adventure-inspired art & an illustrated novel "Naiya And The Foxdragon", a tropical coming of age story.

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At morning they arrive, riding the early winds to the island.

Yet another piece from the world, vessels that once sailed the skies.

From this smaller piece, I was actually inspired to create a much larger painting - more skyships in the near future!

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sinntyokuagenaito tamotenaiyamai.

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mewtwo - || siz,,,, sabi mo eh,,,, KSDFJSKDFJSJD naiyak ako slight dito

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A quick linework color test from
I knew early on that I wanted a few "setting" type illustrations like this throughout the book. I can almost smell the heavy mix of scents just thinking about it.

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春野できた。透過してるやつとsitenaiyatu

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The morning sun crept through the leaves, glinting, and sparkling over Naiya's sleepy eyes. Here among the banyan's many branches, curled up next to Aru's furry sleeping form, she felt safe and at peace.⁣

"The Banyan Tree"⁣

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"Ora shone below in the morning light, a towering metropolis built up and around a massive pillar of stone. Naiya had never seen such a beautiful place! Emotions welled up in her chest as the thoughts came tumbling forth. Was this truly to be her new home?"

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A couple new OCs, the free and optimistic Liushye + the concerned and organized Naiyac. They've got history together.

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Hi I'm Naomi, a California-based independent artist & author. I create adventure-inspired art & am working on my first illustrated novel a tropical coming of age story.

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This fish merchant was one of the first characters that I sketched for this piece, along with his thieving monkey friend. Something about the bustling atmosphere of Ora makes me want to keep drawing the city streets.

"The Morning Market" (Crop)

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A close crop of "Morning Marketplace". Adding details into this piece was so much fun!

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