done in ink ✍️
this was quite the challenge!! took me about 7 hours

^ used my own photo of orchids that i gifted to a loved one as reference

©️2026 Randall Kaplan

I’ve mentioned a lot that the end goal for the app is an illustrated guide to studying Japanese! I’m soo lucky that I can combine my tutoring with illustrating!

I've been jamming on dark fantasy themes in conjunction with my raven series... Finally finished. I think it turned out alright. (3 days on the background alone) Hopefully some of you will groove on it. :)

I'd been thinking about making this illu for a while now, and finally did seeing the direction some psycopaths want to force us into.

We don't have to be afraid, don't fall for the fear mongering, resist, in any way you can. Love to all! <3

I created this stylized interpretation of Odysseus after watching Christopher Nolan’s latest film, The Odyssey. I wanted to preserve the strength and determination of a legendary Greek warrior while translating him into my own simplified character design language.

I focused on bold shapes, a restrained ancient Greek color palette, and recognizable elements such as his bow, armor, helmet, and scroll. What do you think of this version of Odysseus?

Hand drawn in pen then colored in procreate