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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · 3d

... The only thing alive in that profane place was his own heart, beating with a ferocious rage against the imposed silence.

runielss @runielss.bsky.social · 3d

... A wave of absolute cold swept through the canyon. The heat fled like a wounded animal. The sweat on Einar's face turned to frost. The flies dropped instantly. The stench of death was eradicated, replaced by the sterile scent of cold iron and ancient bone...

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · 3d

The skeletal steed reared up on its hind legs, looming imposingly against the light. Upon its back, the Rider raised a hand, and they hung suspended in time unnaturally.

It was not a quick gesture, but a deliberate one, like the closing of a great book. And as he did it, the universe shattered...

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · 3d

The stench was unbearable. The air, hot and humid, clung to the skin like a second layer, heavy with dust and the drone of swarms of flies, drunk on decay.

From within the metallic forest of impaled bodies, a silhouette materialized from the very rot itself...

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · 3d

The day summer died of cold.

(Read the story on the comments...)

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#fantasyart #conceptart #runielss #characterdesign #illustration #characterart #darkfantasy #darkart #folkloreart #norsemythology #ragnarok #pestilence #undead

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · 25d

The Xana on the Night of San Juan

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#fantasyart #conceptart #runielss #characterdesign #illustration #characterart #darkfantasy #darkart #witch #witchcraft #folklore #xana #asturies

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Sep 10

Immolated Sentinel

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#fantasyart #conceptart #runielss #characterdesign #illustration #characterart #darkfantasy #darkart #witch #witchcraft #folklore

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Aug 18

Siguiriya in D minor

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#fantasyart #conceptart #runielss #characterdesign #illustration #characterart #darkfantasy #darkart #flamenco #sevillana

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Aug 5

... The donkey, who knew the price, averted its gaze and kept walking.

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Aug 5

... As he broke the seal, the mercurial elixir rushed onto his cracked skin. It penetrated. It spread.

New muscles sprouted, silver veins traced fresh paths beneath his flesh, twisting like electric serpents. At last, Ephraim knew the glory of the titans...

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Aug 5

The donkey advanced heavily, its calloused hooves sinking into the cold sand. The wicker baskets, filled with arcane herbs, exhaled a cloying fragrance that mingled with the stench of burnt flesh and bitter ointments.

Ephraim Le Vieux held the vial with trembling fingers...

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Aug 5

Ephraim Le Vieux

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Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Alchemist"

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His fate unfolds below... in the comments.

#fantasyart #conceptart #runielss #characterdesign #illustration #characterart #darkfantasy #darkart #alchemist #lovecraft #wizard

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Jul 21

"When you finally understand the lyrics... you realize you were the protagonist of her song all along."

Sirin (Сирин) – Moscow Bestiary, 17th c.

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thank you! Had a ton of fun with the lighting actually, glad you dig it 🔥

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Jul 9

The man felt reality fading around him. His heart pounded fiercely, and his hands trembled. In a moment of uncertainty, one of the chihuahuas stepped forward and, to his astonishment, spoke in a resonant voice:

runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Jul 9

... He found her in an ominous clearing, shrouded in fog. Her figure, of unsettling grace, stood silent, while her deep eyes scrutinized him. Two small dogs beside her watched him intently, like guardians of an ancient secret... 2/3

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Jul 9

A very ill man heard rumors about a sinister drabarni healer who dwelled in the forest, where the mist coiled around the trees and the sun's rays feared to approach. With one last glimmer of hope, he ventured in at dawn, guided by the faint light filtering through the twisted trunks... 1/3

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Jul 9

Drabarni

(...the story waits in the comments ⬇)
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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Jun 25

"A never-ending masquerade, for a faceless queen, in a devoured kingdom."
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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Jun 10

"Hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne for the great day of his wrath is come."

St Mary of Magdala
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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · May 26

90s hiphop-style character redesign for @o.sporin #zamansdtiys
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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · May 12

"The Hand That Pushes the See-Saw," my witch sabbatic version of "The See-Saw" (1750-1752) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard for an art contest.
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#runielss #darkart #illustration #fragonard #witch #witchcraft #aquelarre #sabbath

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Apr 15

...
He himself had handed her the very blade he’d trained her with, his eyes already clouded by the corruption that turned his kind into nameless beasts.

—Hestkona... only you can...

His sword.
His last command.
She obeyed.

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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Apr 15

The night wind caressed his bare torso, mingling the scent of damp earth with the iron tang of dried blood on his arms.
It wasn’t his.
Nor was it entirely Hrossmaður’s.
His mentor.
His second father.
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runielss @runielss.bsky.social · Apr 1

"I shall paint a world of that name. It will be a cold, dark and very gentle place and one day it shall make someone a goodly home. I wonder when uncle Gael intends his return"
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#fantasyart #conceptart #darkfantasy #darkart #ds3 #darksouls #slaveknightgael #fromsoftware #digitalart #fanart

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