Mekare's Art Archive

Kara kissing Jonn on the forehead Chinese pattern with negative space figure Bill Potts portrait Shen Wei holding a baby during a lecture Mei Changsu wakes up after a nightmare

Welcome to my art archive! This is the place I save all my art covering a multitude of fandoms as well as original pieces.


About this page

I do not think of this website as my portfolio (only including the best pieces), but rather as an archive of my workshop on Dreamwidth where I post anything from really rough sketches and never finished WIPs to paintings that took many hours work. At this point I'll supply links to where the full art can be found (usually on Dreamwidth and/or AO3), but in the future I'll upload the full pieces here too (see "Updates" for current status).

What's okay and what's not okay


Do not share any content from this website outside fannish spaces. Do not repost my art ever pretending you created it.
Do share this art with credit/link to this site/AO3/Dreamwidth with your friends. Saving the art on your device for personal use is fine. Making a transformative work inspired by my art is fantastic! Please let me know about it!

What can you expect here? (Warnings and Ratings)


I am an adult, and while I've mostly created pieces that are perfectly safe for work and require no warnings, there are a couple of works that you might not want to look at in public (depending on your comfort level of course). I'll warn for pieces with injuries/blood (I am not a fan of depicting graphic injuries, so it'll only ever be small amounts) or dark themes (e.g. self-harm) under their previews, so you can choose not to click for the full, large view. I won't do the same for pieces featuring kissing or nudity.

That said, you will not encounter any full frontal nudity or graphic depictions of people getting it on on my page. If you're uncomfortable with queer content however, consider yourself warned now that you will encounter some here. Again, the previews are your best friend in deciding whether to look at a full piece or not.

Accessibility


Overall, I'm trying to keep this website as simple as possible. I've started adding alt text to the images, but I admit I still have a lot to learn about other features that make accessibility true for all potential visitors.

Art media I use

I will not bore you by listing all the brands I use, I tend to switch around and try new things regularly.
  • pencil
  • ink (Sakura Pigma, fountain pens, brush pens)
  • watercolour, watercolour pencils
  • pastels
  • toned and black paper
  • rarely: markers, coloured pencils, gouache

Subjects

I love the human figure and portrait drawing and that is where my focus is mostly these days. My favourite thing is portraying relationships between people and evoking emotion with my pieces. I am still practising likenesses and poses, though. Landscapes and backgrounds aren't my strong suit.

Most recent pieces (Clicky previews)

a woman near a window two boys kissing on a porch Hei Xiazi walking with child Wu Xie portrait of a Chinese woman Wu Xie pining in the mountains

Updates:

Older update details here
  • This site is currently under construction.(July 2023)
  • I've begun uploading a couple of full size images in The Sleuth of Ming dynasty fandom.(Sept 2023)
  • Added new fandom category for Mysterious Lotus Casebook. (Nov 2023)
  • Made all tables responsive, so you can scroll sideways and look at all preview images on small screens. (Nov 2023)
  • Added artwork in Daomu Biji, DC art and Doctor Who. (Nov 2023)
  • Added full views of four Nirvana in Fire pieces (Jan 2024)
  • Added Supergirl art and Star Trek previews (Feb 2024)
  • Added Mysterious Lotus Casebook previews, fixed some site navigation (May 2024)
  • Added Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries previews and more original art, changed background to black and two column layout (May 2024)