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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️)

@lri.bsky.social

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36, UK based traditional media illustrator. Creature design, Dinos, monsters and creepy things. 🚫No AI&NFTs🚫. Commissions open✏️: [email protected] Store: https://linktr.ee/lrillustrations #illustration #creaturedesign #Paleoart

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · Jul 8

It’s #Portfolioday! 🥳

Hi everyone, I’m Luke. I’m a traditional media illustrator from the uk. I specialise in #creaturedesign, #Paleoart and #darkart. Prints and apparel at the link below.

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Thanks for your time 😊
#illustration @portfolioday.bsky.social #sciart #artsky

Four of my best portraits. All graphite on 110gsm paper. Edited via ‘Photoshop/KRITA/Photopea’. From top left, a self portrait, a zombie, a vampire and a portrait of Lord Maul from Star Wars.

Four monsters and fantasy pieces. All graphite on 110gsm paper. Edited in ‘Photoshop/KRITA/Photopea’. From top left. A TLOU inspired creature portrait, a knight devoured by tree roots, a Numanorian soldier from the Tolkien universe and my fan art of ‘The Eye of Webbish Bog’ from Star Wars.

Four of my best creature pieces. All graphite on 110gsm paper. Edited in ‘Photoshop/KRITA/Photopea’. From top left. The Space Pirate Commodore (creature concept), The Nightmare (creature concept), my version of ‘Enoch’ from ‘Over the Garden Wall’ and a ‘Xenomorph’.

Four Dino illustrations. All graphite on 110gsm paper, edited in ‘Photoshop/KRITA/Photopea’. From top left. Megalosaurus, Tyrannosaurs Rex, Another Rex and a Dilophosaurus

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1h

Time for #tolktober Day.11 - Battle

Prompt brought to us by @peonygent.bsky.social and Keenan Bouchard (instagram)

#Tolktober2025 #LordOfTheRings #Mumakil #creaturedesign #monsters #RingsOfPower #Handmade #pencilart #illustration #Fanart #graphiteart #drawing #Portrait #graphitepencil 🐘

Towards you strides a towering Mûmakil. An elephant like creature several stories tall. With four massive tusks they are used as mobile war platforms going up against the army’s of men and the walls of Minis Tirith.

2-4B graphite on 110gsm paper

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1h

two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room

ALT: two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 5h

MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE!
A wonderful postcard by @lri.bsky.social and his partner ( a collab) has arrived!

Please go see all the entries so far here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks so much, Carly 😊

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 7h

Thank yoooou 😊

Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 21h

It’s day.10 of #ZombieSkullTober. Where are there guys coming from?!

#skulls #illustration #pencilart #handmade #doodles #graphiteart #darkart #creaturedesign #monsters 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

A page of 7 skulls of various shapes and sizes. Some with teeth, some without. All just bone, no flesh. All drawn with HB pencil on standard printer paper.

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 21h

I do love Tron, that was great fun #TronAres

a person is riding a red motorcycle with africanrabbit written on the bottom right

ALT: a person is riding a red motorcycle with africanrabbit written on the bottom right

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𓉸 Rogue Print Co. 𓉸 @rogueprintco.bsky.social · 5d

PRE-ORDER for volume 3 of A MIDDLE-EARTH is now live.

100+ pages 50+ artists

Bigger than ever

Rogueprintco.com

100 pre-orders and I wear the Legolas wig at thought bubble ✨

A MIDDLE-EARTH Vol 3
PRE-ORDER
AND GET TWO EXCLUSIVE A5 MINI-PRINTS!

The cover features Bag End with Samwise trimming the verge at dusk - cover art by Anna Stead

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #tolktober day.10 - Isildur

Prompt brought to us by @carlydraws.bsky.social and @maxdavenportyo.com

#Tolktober2025 #LordOfTheRings #MiddleEarth #Isildur #Nasgul #RingsOfPower #Handmade #pencilart #illustration #Fanart #graphiteart #drawing #Portrait #graphitepencil ⚔️

Isildur’s menacing mask, layered in jaggered and waved metal plates with two wing’like plates placed like a crest on his forehead.

2-4B graphite on 110gsm paper

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve had Star Trek TMP on my rewatch list for ages. I must get around to it 😅

Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1d

If the trilogy had happened like they’d planned it would of all been fleshed out I’m sure.

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1d

Great shout!, need to watch that again. 🙂‍↕️

Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1d

And what a warm and toasty hill it is to die on. It’s a wonderful movie 😊

Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Chris. 😊

Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful work, Chris. Love the render around the eyes 👀

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 5d

The work, the incredible talent going into this new volume, you’re not ready for. Dozens of amazing creators bringing their love of art and middle earth to life for all to see. Pre-order your copy now!

#Tolktober #preorder #MiddleEarth #artbook #comingsoon #LordOfTheRings ⚔️

𓉸 Rogue Print Co. 𓉸 @rogueprintco.bsky.social · 5d

PRE-ORDER for volume 3 of A MIDDLE-EARTH is now live.

100+ pages 50+ artists

Bigger than ever

Rogueprintco.com

100 pre-orders and I wear the Legolas wig at thought bubble ✨

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Day.9 of #zombieskulltober and still they appear. The skulls are gathering…

#illustration #Skulls #Drawing #Creaturedesign #Doodles #sketchbook #Pencilart #graphiteart #darkart 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

Three human skulls of various sizes and shapes. Some with teeth, some with less teeth. All drawing in graphite on 110gsm paper

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, Penny had a crush on him (sort of) in the first movie. Nothing more though. Getting a virus off of Blarp is an interesting idea. As long as they were rooting there way to Alpha Prime. Also how would they stop Smith turning into Spider smith 🤔

Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 2d

a close up of a man 's face with a serious look on it .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a serious look on it .

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KENNETH SCOTT 2: KENNETH’S REVENGE @superactionfunboy.bsky.social · 2d

Day 9 of #zombieskulltober and continuing with traditional mediums. #darkart

A pencil sketch of a weirdly deformed zombie. Pencil is in frame for scale

A pencil sketch of a squinting zombie head. Pencil is in frame for scale

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 2d

This wonderful question from @thespaceshipper.com got me thinking about Sci-Fi and/or fantasy movies that still look good decades on. Where their CGI transcends time and expectation to look as if it was made yesterday. For me, these four come to mind. #movies #SciFi #Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead man’s Chest (2006)

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 2d

It’s day.9 of #Tolktober 2025 - Shapeshifter.

Prompt brought to us by @arosenlund.bsky.social

#Tolktober2025 #LordOfTheRings #MiddleEarth #Beorn #bears #RingsOfPower #Handmade #pencilart #illustration #Fanart #graphiteart #drawing #Portrait #graphitepencil #creatureart

A bear faces you, standing on his back legs. He roars and bears his teeth and claws.

2-4B graphite on 110gsm paper

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 2d

Isn’t it just, I hope the press it on Vinyl on day 😊

Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 2d

I hope you enjoy it 😊. Lots of cool extras too.

Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 2d

Love LOVE Nemesis. Agree completely, John. It’s fun and exciting as well as engrossing. The face off with the Scimitar when she first appears is amazing. 👌

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