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Yorgos Cotronis

@cotronis.bsky.social

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · Jul 8

Dear #portfolioday we meet again.
My name is Yorgos, I'm from Greece and I work mostly in the publishing industry making book covers. I'm available for work from September onwards.

Here's some of my work!

Digital painting of a woman against an orange pattern background.

Painting of a woman wearing a crown, in a field of rye. A wolf stands besides her, mostly in shadow.

Fan poster for the movie Nosferatu, featuring Mina with glowing eyes against a forest backdrop.

A book cover for the novel "The Moss," showing a girl covered in flowers and moss with glowing white eyes.

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 2d

🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂

So share some of my paintings??

In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices.

A painting set in a cosy shady woodland clearing on a sunny summer's day. In the centre of the frame, two figures sit on a fallen log mostly hidden by vegetation. The figure on the right has wavy blonde hair down past her shoulders, and wears a flowing white floor-length dress with long sleeves, with delicate lacework around the cuffs and neckline. She looks into the distance with a contemplative, sad expression. On her lap rests a small green book, covered by both of her hands.
The figure on the left sits leaning with her head against shoulder of the other figure. She wears a similar dress but simpler, and in a dark slate grey. Her hair is dark and straight, and flows down her tilted face, and she looks off towards a nightingale bird perched on a nearby branch. She raises a hand towards the other figure as if to get her attention.

Both figures are surrounded by various flowers. On the left of the frame are many spires of foxglove flowers in vivid pink and white, interspersed among green stinging nettles. On the right are the purple flowers of monkshood/wolfsbane.

Wrapping around the figures is a clear stream flowing from a distant pond that descends in a series of steps. Around the stream are many small mossy rocks, and shoots of dark green dog's mercury.

Above and behind the figures and flowers are two trees; on the left is a weeping willow with dangling dark green leaves. On the right are the branches of an old ash tree.

A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 2d

I can't wait to post it!

Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 3d

it's that time of the year. I'm in this one! The theme for this year was "Retro."

tight crop of my entry for Hardcover 2025. Depicts a woman with her face half covered with blood (not her own). She's wearing retro neon plastic earrings in the shape of stars.

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𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙢 @cromsferatu.bsky.social · 3d

lately I feel like my work doesn't have much in the way of substance or anything to say, but I think I'm also just fine with that tbh, its probably good to draw stuff mindlessly

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 4d

your mileage may vary but Blum's rise was based on making very cheap horror movies that made a ton of money, like Paranormal Activity and it's 4 sequels. I always saw him as a hack.

Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 4d

lol this is sickening

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🔞 #hardcover | NOW LIVE ON KS! @hardcoverart.com · 4d

A thread :) We launch tomorrow! www.kickstarter.com/projects/har...

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 4d

well it is Blum, the slop maker so it tracks, but yeah it's terrible

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 4d

it's basically admitting you make slop so AI slop isn't that far off. Terrible own goal.

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 6d

you got that deadline disease?

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 6d

bsky devs LOVE AI and they think everyone that doesn't is a wacko

Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 6d

that's lovely, great job!

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 6d

Oh this isn't going to go well for me

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Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 12d

MADAM, 164 pages of horror by me, @pandamusk.bsky.social @brainpulp.bsky.social & @paulallor.bsky.social is coming to @kickstarter.com!

Madam McQuillen is a black magic Mary Poppins, and she's found a new family to torture.

Campaign starts Oct. 14, sign up now!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/joe...

Coming soon: MADAM — An Original Horror Graphic Novel

What if Mary Poppins practiced Black Magic and traveled from family to family searching for human sacrifices to extend her immortality?

www.kickstarter.com

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 7d

"platform" here meaning the platform itself, not the userbase

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 7d

yeah it looks like it from what I could find, it's mostly some visual plugins and other stuff that has AI.

Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 7d

hm...I'll have to research this, I have mine on WP and I haven't seen any AI, but it's a pretty lite installation.

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 7d

what part of WP uses AI? If you self hosted you wouldn't be paying them a dime anyway, if there was a way to avoid the AI stuff.

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 7d

didn't think it was possible but this platform seems to love nazis even more than the other, cursed one did

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 7d

you could do Squarespace which is fairly easy to use for anyone, but it's not self hosted.

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 8d

ok goober

Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 10d

or you could ban the nazis. I'm just saying

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 12d

dude's on sleep 2.0

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Anton Oxenuk @aoxenuk.bsky.social · 12d

Here’s a personal speed paint. I made this for myself in a day because I am buried under a bunch of work and I just needed this for self-care anti-burnout prevention measure reasons. Thank you for understanding <3

A mysterious cloaked feminine figure wielding a magical spear with a surreal halo is looking at the viewer, inviting them to follow with a challenging gaze to jump over the wall into the distant and colorful landscape with color of fantastical nature

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