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Another Shadow Empire inspired painting ^^
The Rocket dude is probably from some unhappy faction ^^

Pymous - what's your medium? Is it electronic or physical. If this were 30 years ago, I guess water paints.
-Mark R.

Hi Mark, these are digital painting, but yes I am painting with big brushes, looking for volumes/shapes and composition, then going more in details. Most of the time I don't do linework, thats why it somewhat looks like aquarelle work

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Hi Mark, these are digital painting, but yes I am painting with big brushes, looking for volumes/shapes and composition, then going more in details. Most of the time I don't do linework, thats why it somewhat looks like aquarelle work

Well, you've definitely captured the feel of watercolor paints in digital form!
As an example, Gunnel Moheim:

Thanks mroyer! This is a huge compliment, I am not sure I deserve it. I am far from these masters painting levels. Maybe in 15-20 years if I am lucky...
So I continue my training! Some Walkers, again... but Yellow this time ^^

Keep at it Pymous!
I use to do a lot of pencil and watercolor work ages ago when I was a kid - that is, before a technical-engineering education beat that kind of creativity out of me [:(]

(Actually, engineering has its own, different sort of creativity which I thoroughly enjoy too.)

-Mark R.

I am actually an engineer myself :p
My dream would be to turn 100% Freelance one day, and ideally spending all my time painting for "the players community" : Graphic mods / mods / maps / total conversion mods for games like Shadow Empire / Dominions / Distant Worlds, ...
It would require financial freedom, that's all the problem... wonder if some kind of "Help me become your artist" would have any chance to work, would be a solution if I can get a guaranty for example 1200€/month to live... (through patreon / ko-fi platforms). But it's another big dream :p (but it's important to have dreams )

By the way some stuff (for potential Vidcom modding):

Yes indeed, "financial freedom" is what allows you to switch from 'what you have to do' to 'what you want to do'. It is a rare, very lucky person for whom those two pursuits align without financial freedom.

I think your dream might be achievable, albeit at extreme risk - far beyond what I personally would be comfortable with. And, probably not with games like SE. Their market appeal is too narrow and there simply isn't a lot of money there to support artists. You'd need to somehow tap into games with a broad market base where revenue streams are much larger and artists are hired as part of the team.

I hired a young college student from Rochester Institute of Technology for an intern position a few years back. His major happened to 'gaming' software, although that's not what I hired him for. He talked about the gaming major as having three principle sub-paths - software engineering, the technical aspects of designing, developing and writing the software - story writers, the effort to create a backdrop plot and story line - and, artists, the creating of all the graphics art and 2d/3d rendering.

So, there is a place for that.

-Mark R.

A Scene inspired by Jadey, a Shadow Empire player who discovered a 82m tall mega-beast in his MP game. More info about this creature can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShadowEmpireGa ... &context=3

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Forgot to post my SE related artworks there... I'll try not spam :p

In love with all your artwork! Thank you for sharing it on here and the Steam discussions page.

Hey Guys,

My interpretation of Militia Parade when playing the game
Thanks to Zeikko (developer of the upcoming 4x/tactical game Astro Protocol) who motivated me to revisit and finish this painting



(some of painting steps on my artstation : https://www.artstation.com/pymous)

Pymous wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 3:37 pm Hey Guys,

My interpretation of Militia Parade when playing the game
Thanks to Zeikko (developer of the upcoming 4x/tactical game Astro Protocol) who motivated me to revisit and finish this painting



(some of painting steps on my artstation : https://www.artstation.com/pymous)

Pymous we don't deserve you! In a new world of AI slop you are a gem!