Mikael Myyrä

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Maker of many things. Programmer, illustrator, gamedev, computational physics student, metalhead, and anarchist, among other things. Usually doing fantasy art with hints of solarpunk and art nouveau, plus sporadic game/graphics programming.
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Speaking of lunch, I've also started bringing a little sketchbook and doodling things I see outside while I eat, which has made my lunch breaks very fun and also probably twice as long as before

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Here's an elegant elf lady.

#art #MastoArt #fediart #artnouveau

Eating lunch at campus today I overheard a lady excitedly describing somebody she'd met on a dating app. She kept telling her friends how he'd always read her messages and respond with something relevant and/or pleasant. And I'm like, is this how you impress somebody these days? Have a nice enough face to get clicks in a slot machine and then demonstrate first-grade reading comprehension? Certainly raised my self-esteem a bit, and confirmed I'm not missing anything by not using those apps lol
Krita 5.3.0 Released!

Today is the simultaneous release of Krita 5.3.0 and Krita 6.0.0! Depending which version of Qt and KDE Frameworks you build, the same source will result in one of the other. Both versions are almost functionally identical, with 6.0.0 having more Wayland functionality.

Krita
These pen-only figure sketches are getting cleaner, and continuing to be a really fun and relaxing way to pass the time

This Marxist lens on the different ways my peers and network are reacting to GenAI was more interesting than I expected

https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/craft-alienation-llm/

Why craft-lovers are losing their craft

Les Orchard made a quiet observation recently that I haven't been able to shake. Before LLM coding assistants arrived, the split between developers was…

Hong Minhee on Things

"Princess Celdervinn of Méusine Kingdom"

Her parents insisted on a royal portrait of Cel when she was a teen. She really dislikes it to this day.

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Please please please look at the frame it literally took longer than the portrait itself 😭💔

#OC #Cel #KnightsAU #OriginalCharacter #Portrait #Painting #Illustration #FineArt #MastoArt #DigitalArt

I'm also going to be traveling for work not once but twice, first to Prague and then to Munich (which I'm a little spooked about because I haven't been outside of Finland in a decade, but it should be fun), and you'd better believe I'll be bringing a sketchbook
Goal for the summer: put as many new marks as I can on this map I printed out where I've been marking places I've done a drawing or painting

Hey everyone, my commissions are now open to pay off some debt!

If you're interested or have any questions check out my VGen for more info ( https://vgen.co/artbyeliza ) or email me at [email protected]

Please consider sharing this to help me out ❤️

#MastoArt #Commission #CommissionsOpen #CreativeToots #Illustration #Art #ArtCommission #VGen