Art Fight 2026

2026.08.02
Characters: Aava, Miriel, Salma, Ivu
License: Multiple

My second year on ArtFight, great fun once again! If you don't know what that is, I described it in last year's post. This time I went full traditional, working in ink and gouache.

I've posted everything I've got permission to share here, which is almost but not quite all of them. You can also browse all the works on my profile if you have an ArtFight account.

Attacks

Ink drawing of a turquoise-haired woman sitting on a sofa with a comically large cup of coffee and a TV remote in her hands. She's wearing a frilly pink dress with a corset, boots with heels, and fishnet sleeves and stockings. Drawn with a fineliner ink pen, roughly shaded with hatching. "Small coffee" featuring Mero for vampirictecsie

Gouache painting of Willow, a blonde-haired witch with a freckled face and a prominent nose, gathering a bouquet of flowers. She's holding one flower up to her nose with a relaxed smile and carrying the rest of them in the crook of her arm. She's wearing a green dress with large sleeves. The background is an abstract flower shape. "Bouquet for the buds" featuring Willow for Smox

Gouache painting of Mirana, a dragon lady in human form with large curved horns and blue scales on her skin, standing on the deck of a log cabin in a wooded valley. She's wearing a two-layered blue and brown dress and leaning on a railing looking towards us, surrounded by grass and trees. It's a calm day, sunny but not blazing. "Cabin in the valley" featuring Mirana for KBDraws92. License: CC BY-NC-SA

Ink drawing of an anthropomorphic lizard man wearing a collared short-sleeve jacket, looking at the viewer with arms crossed. A loosely drawn sketch using gray inks applied with a brush for midtones. "Lizard guy doodle" featuring Huntra for aks

Ink painting of a muscular woman with a large flame in place of her head playing the guitar on a stage surrounded by speakers. She's making a very exaggerated downstroke, implying she's playing heavy music. She's wearing a skintight black dress and has tattoos on her arms and legs. "No stage lights necessary" featuring Lady Inferno for ghostcatte

Ink sketch of a long-haired elven man wearing a long robe and boots. He has a star-shaped tattoo on his chest visible over the robe's neckline. He's holding a staff and looking to the side with a pondering expression. Väinö for DigiPotato

Halfbody portrait in black and sepia ink, depicting a young woman walking briskly with an urgent expression on her face. Her bag and ponytail swing in the air behind her. She's wearing a cropped t-shirt and leggings. In the background we see a brick building and a large clock on a pole. "Late for class" featuring Tessa the Alchemist for Pixalisk

"Bless up" featuring Blasphemy (aka Bless) for DaQueen

An ink painting; portrait of a young woman wearing heavy red makeup extending from eyeshadow to blush and lipstick. Her hair is tied into a bun with a band of roses, and she wears a large spiky star-shaped earring painted with glitter. Behind her are some abstract roses as decoration. "Rosy" featuring The Starry-Eyed Poetess for tiiny

Defenses

Digital painting of Aava, a pale mermaid with black a bob of hair, swimming near the bottom of a lake with a carefree smile and spread of the arms. She's wearing a pink dress with a jeweled belt around the waist and a split to one side. It's brightly lit, but the blue hazy water quickly makes the background blur into indistinct shapes hiding a sunken ship. Aava by KBDraws92, license: CC BY-NC-SA

Pixel art portrait of a mermaid with a lizard-like head thrusting a trident forward. "Warrior Princess of the Seas" featuring Aava by aks

Digital painting of Miriel, a red-haired elf, sitting by a campfire by moonlight, prodding at some food in a pan. "What's Cooking?" featuring Miriel by Pixalisk

Pencil drawing of Salma, a merman styled after an orca, in a neutral pose. Salma by DigiPotato

Digital painting of two mermaids, one pale and one dark-skinned, peeking their heads out of dark water and looking at the viewer with threatening smiles. "Well Hello There" featuring Aava and Green_tea_'s Kytu Essaiyah by DaQueen

Digitally drawn bust portrait of Ivu, a dryad with birch bark skin and leaves in autumn colors for hair. She's looking at the viewer with a knowing expression, unclear what her intentions are. "Forest Keeper Ivu" by ghostcatte