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Hunter Rising

@badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social

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He/him. Queer horror artist and writer. From WI, based in Los Angeles. 🚫no a/i, no n/fts🚫 Commissions OPEN https://linktr.ee/hunterrising

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · May 7

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My name is Hunter, and I’m a horror artist and writer. Love adding ghouls into pictures or making monsters based in my home state of WI. Please like, share, and follow for more updates and commission availability from me!

#artist #darkart #horrorart #horror

A human-insectoid floating on a lake surface by its fingertips

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 1d

This years Halloween mask is in the books

Plagued by Red Death

A scary Halloween mask covered in boils and blisters

A man wearing a scary red mask. It is frowning and covered in yellow boils.

Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 3d

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Treefolk by Hunter Rising | Badger State Butcher

Something is hiding within the trees...

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 3d

I made my treefolk design into a shirt just in time for Halloween. Links in my bio and in the next reply!

Bright glowing eyes look out at you from a knothole in a tree

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Drew Rausch @drewrausch.bsky.social · 3d

Fantasmicalloween Day 30: Turnip-O'-Lantern.

A carved turnip, its roots wrapped around a gnarly tree, descending into the Autumn night, lit from below.

Prompt list with giant friendly Jack-o-lantern art by Rhode Montijo!

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🔥💀LA MANTIA!💀🔥 @lamantia.bsky.social · 3d

Day 24

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!! That’s definitely one I’m most proud of conceptually!

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Sarah McKenzie @sarahdraws8.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for hosting this #artshare, and congratulations on your 300 followers! 💗

I'm a creature artist for fantasy and science fiction, who also likes to draw big detailed illustrations sometimes.

Creature Concept: Greek Chimera

A pale tan, muscular humanoid lion woman with goat's legs hangs upheld by her long snake tail, which ends with the horned head of a European Adder. The adder breathes smoke, and the lion hold a streaming fireball in her left hand. The other hand is upraised in a flex. The snake tail is covered in polished bronze jewelry, and the lion portion wears nothing but a shawl of goat hide, the back of which has 2 horned goat skulls stitched onto it.

Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social

Creature Concept: The Executrix (Gorgon-Lamia Gynoid)

A thin, robotic woman with a giant khopesh in one hand and a smoking rocket launcher in the other slithers in front of a black background on her snake-like lower body of metal plates. Her mouth is open in a scream, and black oil is sloshing out of it while neon magenta flames streak from her eyes, which are weeping tears of similar oil.

Her entire head is medusa-like, and her scalp is ringed by mechanical snakes whose heads all point in the direction her khopesh is raised. Their mouths are opened to reveal firing gun barrels mounted in their throats.

Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social.

Illustration: Stormfront

Illustration of a pale orange stone desert, with mountains in the background. Behind the mountains looms a churning, deep blue stormfront, which is split by a single bolt of lightning that reaches to a nearby floating island, and from there to the nearest peak. Dust blows violently across the landscape in front of the storm, and in the foreground, two dragonfly-like mechs perch on some eroded rock formations. They have scrap solar panels for wings, and twin cockpits for eyes.

Two characters stand on top of the nearest mech; one sitting upon the wing rotator joint, and the other looking towards the storm through a pair of binoculars. In the further mech, the pilots remain in the eyeball cockpits. One appears to be viewing a holographic display within the glass, and the other is looking over his shoulder, eyes shaded, at the storm.

Art by @sarahdraws8.bsky.social.

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

Looooove all these characters. Such personality!

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Peter Bruder @peterbruder.bsky.social · 5d

Hi👋, Thank you for the post !! I am a comic book author and illustrator from France 🇫🇷, some drawings here :)

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Kvacm Art | Michal Kváč @kvacm.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations, that's a good sign!
And thank you for the artshare!
Hi, I do scifi and fantasy landscapes and space scenes ✨

@floverale.bsky.social
@mirin-sauce.bsky.social
@juicebars.bsky.social
@danhawk333.bsky.social
@elleylie.elderscrolls.social

Dead Marshes from Lord of the Rings / Frodo, Sam and Gollum

My original character, a mage in mountains with couldy sky

Zireael - Ciri from Witcher in from of Tor Zireael

Original scene with Motoko and Tachicoma from Ghost in the Shell anime

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

I would love to spend an afternoon at those monolith stones. So moody!

Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you Dan! Love seeing your work on my feed as always! So stupendous

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Dan H Artworks @danhawk333.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats on the 300 and the nicely done dark art 😎🍷

Here are some of my latest pen pieces along with a few (optional) tags to check out for their wonderful darkness @sygnin.com @stringerseven.bsky.social @superactionfunboy.bsky.social @aimeecozza.com @johnchen.com.au @lri.bsky.social

Pen drawing of a silvery tree like structure made up of individual threads that flows to the top of the page, surrounded by a coppery sky with the threads flowing into a large eye like structure that is above a vaguely human looking face that is flanked by two bluish orbs and surrounded by a number a coppery and silver roots and threads that it is unclear if it is engulfing the body or is the body belonging to the head with hands sort of drooping in front of it. Flanking the silver filaments are two figures made up of shadows, one with horns and the other almost headless looking with large wings and a headdress of crescents pointing downward while a female figure kneels on the right next to a column of symbols while on the left is a column, vaguely root like that ends in an animalistic face

Pen drawing a large feminine face embedded in a tree trunk style structure with an array of animal-like skulls coming out of her cheeks with a large 3rd eye in the center of her forehead with the branches twisting upwards among the horns of the uppermost skulls while around the base a couple of winged feminine forms with large eyes throughout the feathers of the wings flanking on either side. Their wings flaring out while pointing at the ground.

Pen drawing of a tall, slender feminine being made of black space with white symbols showing on the body and white ellipses in place of the face with an upturned crescent moon shaped headdress or horns with another circular one over the head in a 2/3 halo. This being is standing among several jet black tentacles in front of a large stone ruin with cathedral like overtones and lurking between the columns is a tentacled eldritch horror with several tentacles wrapped around and oozing between the columns with a gas giant looking planet several times the size of the moon in part of the sky visible in the upper right corner.

Pen drawing of a stylized, thin, feminine figure with a face that is just a black void with three white orbs sitting cross-legged in tattered black gown floating under an arch surrounded by runes and vegetation. They are floating amoung ruins flanked by a winged figures with bodies made of starry sky with smaller beings with animal skull type heads in black robes in the foreground of the floating figure. The wings of the crouching figures are in front of organiseh-yellow portals in the blue and purple sky while a feline humanoid figure slinks in from the right in the foreground.

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much!! I’m especially proud of how terrifying but also sad that one looks

Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much!! Loving the engagement here on Bsky a lot more!!

Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

That vulture chick is so adorable! Thank you for all the love!!

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💜✨☾. ✧˚ lilac ⋆☁️🔮₊ @lilyrinn.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations on the milestone, Hunter!

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!! Beautiful and ethereal work!

Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

Love how surreal these all feel! Fantastic work!

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Almo @smolcuriousmonster.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, congrats for the 300 followers and thank you for the art share!
I'm Almo, I started not that long ago on Bsky (this is my first artshare as a matter of fact). I like drawing weird critters and Johnnies in weird places. It's sort of a gamble what my next drawing will be about.

An illustration of the artist's sona in a blue jacket surrounded by representations of his hobbies (Films, videogames and music). On his head is perched a small furry creature with yellow eyes, blue and red fur, it is the main character of one of his story. On his back, a sort of pink jelly seems to forms many animals and fantastical beasts, like a moth, an eastern dragon, an octopus and a griffin.

An illustation showing a giant sea monster swiming underwater. Its head is adorned with mustache-like tendrils whose tips are brightening the way before it. Other marine creatures seem to converge towards it.

A cave diver exploring a dark cave. His feet submerged in the small water stream he's walking in. Strange creatures seems to observe him through the darkness.

An illustration of the character of Tyler Durden from the movie Fight Club (1999), looking right at the viewer. In the foreground is the hand of Marla Singer holding a lit cigarette, the smoke coming out of her mouth can be seen on the right part of the image. Behind Tyler is a shadowy figure (the narrator) looking at him. On the far right of the image is the side of a film reel.

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

The highest praise, thank you 🙏

Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 5d

Exceptionally terrifying, I’m a sucker for the text on image like a video game prompt!

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Krø 👁🪽 @krotagion.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations Hunter!! 🥳

I'm Kro, an artist and writer specialising in horror, theology, the occult and the biblical. Symbolism is central to my work; you'll find tarot, astrology and esoteric lore hidden between OCs, retro tech, dreamscapes, nonsense and butchery~

krotagion.carrd.co

$A square image depicting a heavily textured, layered image. In the foreground 'JAWBONE' seems burned into the sufrace. X-ray type images are stacked in a diagonal over a large stipple-shaded jaw-bone. Text pertaining to TMD, the jaw bone, and the symptoms of bruxism fit within a frame. A gun-sight target is stamped over an area of the joint and jagged lines remnant of a heart monitor splice over 'Constant Pain' repeated. The whole image has been done in saturated shades of white, black, red and tone throughout.$

A vintage style picture depicting two jesters. MIRTH (white) titles the top and MEAT (red) titles the bottom. The names "Bonne Ventura" and "Joe King" flank the upper portion of the figures frames, cream against the background. The background is red at the top, fading into cream/white in an inverse of the text. The poster has a black border, but the larger Jester's arms protrude over the frame.
The larger of the two jesters is carrying the smaller individual on his shoulders. He sports a red jester cowl with visible bells, punctuated by a red and yellow collar in trademark points. His shirt is blue and his trousers red; all of the fabric is tatty and shows remnants of being stitched back together. Brown hair peeps out from beneath the hood, over an off-white bauta mask painted with two red tears. From the shadows of the eye holes are two blue eyes turned toward the viewer.
The smaller jester is dressed in a black and cream striped body suit, complete with a ruffed collar, cuffs, and boot tops. Her boots are laced with white and sport white soles. She points toward the viewer, grinning sharp teeth and gripping her companion's arm with sharp claws. All of her claws are black, aside from one red. She has a face of makeup but her skin is inhumanly pale; a black mouth painted wider, the end of her nose is red, and the makeup around her eyes draws downward points down her cheeks. The sides curl up, creating a frame for her dark sockets. He reyebrows are red, like the hair peeping out from beneath her black cat-eared bonnet. She sports multiple facial piercings; double nostrils, septum, vertical labret and both eyebrows. Her eyes are fixed on the viewer; she has no iris, only thin cat-line black pupils.

Artwork depicting a woman cowering in a corner of a wooden room or shack; she's illuminated by a harsh light, casting stark shadows. Her face is turned away, hidden by her lifted hand; her palm reveals a wide-open, pale-blue eyeball, apparently fixed on her out-of frame company. Blonde hair tumbles over her arm, catching the light behind her hand. The image is textured with warm tones and a dark border. Text, done in a font remnant of a punchy typewriter, reads, "I shot an angel, dragged it to my basement, starved it till it died and I did not cry." In the upper left corner. Then, in the lower left corner, it concludes, "Sickness of Poacher's Pride."

Artwork depicting a man sat up in bed, his head pressed into his hand. His blanket is patterned in the same way that the blanket on the Nine of Swords tarot card is done; the art piece is a reflection of the card, including the design carved into the bed base, the nine swords positioned around the man's head in an ode to a painful halo, and the text staggered around is reference to the symbolism of the card, insomnia and what the Nine of Swords denotes. "Are you disturbed? Are you happy? Can you feel happiness?" follows the upper border then, in the far right corner, is a large IV. This is followed by "Minor Arcana", "The Nines; it's the end of the Line." "The Nine of Swords, Lord of Cruelty" is stamped across the bed in jittery typewriter font. At the base of the image the same font in lowercase reads: "9: completition without finality. One phase ends; another begins."

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graphite_the_dragon @graphitedragon.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for hosting🙏
Nice to meet ya- Graphite's my name, grayscale's my game!

I mainly do Pokémon and my OCs, but I kinda dabble in whatever I want- all traditional art though
#graphitedraws

A painted Scorbunny in full color wearing a grayscale ink Santa hat popping out of a grayscale ink gift box. The box has seen better days by being ripped open from the inside and the bow on the front is a bit disheveled.

A grayscale drawing of Psyduck and Gengar from the front desk in Pokémon S/V. They are holding reference materials while heading towards the right. Psyduck is carrying 3 books while smiling and walking alongside Gengar, who is returning the gesture while floating and carrying 4 books in its right hand and 2 large rolled up papers in its left arm.

A grayscale ink drawing of my OC, Graphite, from a top viewpoint. Her body is facing slightly away towards the left while looking over her shoulder. Her shadow is behind her, but doesn't match her figure. Instead, it appears to be a creature with horns and wings.

A grayscale ink drawing of my OC, Preston Hiru. He is sitting while reading through 4 different books at once. Each book is floating in the air with pages turning. There is also a stack of books behind him with the top one beginning to float as well.

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Hunter Rising @badgerstatebutcher.bsky.social · 6d

Omg a wild Birdramon! Digimon was my childhood. Love this watercolor style!