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Dan Liimatta

@danliimatta.bsky.social

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Senior concept artist, old texture artist. Open for commissions and freelance.

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 5d

#daily 33: dual topics – spirits | skeletal knight

Skeletal knight before a wall of spirits

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 2h

Any time, just beware spectral paws ~

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 2h

Your animals are fantastic! Saving these down 📌📌

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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 6d

-This is not the sky-

😢It is really sad to see adorable birds dying because of the reflection on windows, so I made this illustration for some bird protection organizations to propagandize this situation.

#bird #illustration #animalprotection #originalart #animal #digitalart #animalart #artist

an illustration of a long tailed strike hitting onto the glass, which reflects the the sky

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 2h

Too many dailies and painting as my escapism 🫣

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 2h

This sounds interesting, what is it?

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castlecloverart.bsky.social @castlecloverart.bsky.social · 1d

Dinosaurs ! Left to right, tyrannosaurus rex, kentrosaurus, therizonosaurus and pachycephalosaurus.

#paleoart #art #dinosaurs #illustration

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 3h

✨ so whimsical and fun 🧡

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Ki @ SHOP IS OPEN ✨ @gawki.bsky.social · 12h

Toad Astrologer ⭐️🐸
I made it to #drawtober finally.

An ink drawing of a toad wearing a little star patched vest and a lily pad hat is holding a tiny book and telescope looking like theyre walking off somewhere to do business while the book pours stars behind it.

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Linda Lithén @lindalithen.bsky.social · 17h

Now that I've recovered from my cold and isn't sneezing my brains out, I finally managed to finish up my piece from @paulscottcanavan.com 's mentorship :D

Knew I wanted to paint a horse, so decided to draw some inspiration from the wild hunt folklore and ended up with bonus doggies.

A male rider dressed in leather armour rides across the sky. He's carrying a spear, and a half cape is flying out behind him. His horse have blue glows across its body, and they're flanked by two demonic canines with red glows across their body. Behind them is a eclipse and clouds.

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 5h

Oh no 🫣

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Andrea @aaahandrea.bsky.social · 5d

Finally finished my first piece for #drawtober #art
I had a fun time making it and am excited for the rest of the themes!
🌔🧹🎃🐺🕯️

A monotone illustration of a witch with a candle hat holding up a red letter in her hand. Green witch fire conjures it to the final destination if must be sent to.

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 5h

Nice ✨ looking forward to the following ones

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 5h

Yup, and I can appreciate erotic art; but it's wild that some gooners think everyone wants their version of it 24/7

And they also seem have fabricated this version of the past where every game was like *sin* and not Mario - and modern games have fallen off

All while Minecraft tops the charts.

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l_aciel @laciel.bsky.social · 7h

Day 11 : Iconic Outfit

#soulstober #darksouls #souslborne #soulstober2025

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 5h

Oh, they are lovely indeed 🤍✨

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 5h

Lovely dailies 🖤

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you tallfroguy 😊

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 8h

That people thought them fantasy creatures that could blow fire makes a lot of sense ^^

They are silly given our world, but so much has changed, yet we could all use more spikes.

Save maybe the kentro

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you 💛 was fun to paint it ^^

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 14h

I haven't, I'll look it up 👀

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks Joel 💛 I'm happy to hear that 😌

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 14h

That's so cool, and inspiring/daunting

For sure it goes into the inspiration folder 📌

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 15h

Here the effective time is even further misleading, as I looked up refs and took my time with the earlier structure; as not to make a farce of the dogs

Also why I went automatic patterns at one point, it was getting too long. I'd like to return to it later though

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks justynn! And I'm not fully sure if it's horror or fascination? But aye 😄

Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 15h

It kind of took me some time to get there, and I only used it for parts prior

But then at some point, with a bit of smudge and other brushes, it clicked (helped by having textures for them)

And thanks 💛