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Michelle Pecoraro (Comms Open + DTIYS)

@coveofmadness.bsky.social

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35-Year-Old Artist, OC Addict, Click-Clack Roller, Rennie, Moderately OK Archer, Passable Seamstress Portfolio: www.coveofmadness.com Comms: commissions.coveofmadness.com Tips: https://ko-fi.com/coveofmadness Vgen: https://vgen.co/CoveofMadness

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Michelle Pecoraro (Comms Open + DTIYS) @coveofmadness.bsky.social · 23d

I'm Michelle, a concept artist and illustrator focused on fantasy, history, and mythology!

Open for work, especially in the TTRPG, TCG, and Genre Fiction realms.

💼: www.coveofmadness.com
🖼️: vgen.co/CoveofMadness
📧: michelle.pecoraro[@]hotmail.com

#artsky #ttrpgart #commissionsopen #illustration

A cleric astride a flying broom raises a glowing sword above a battle field. Golden, rays of bright light stream out from the sword. Her party members and herself are wrapped in golden glowing flowers and vines. They stare up at her in awe.

The party members, counter clockwise from the top left are: A dwarven artificer wearing jeweltones and riding a magic carpet, the cleric wearing a gold breastplate and blue robes; a giant fighter in full adamantine plate and a dragon helm; a half-drow Psi-fighter in blues and purples, floating mid-air and holding her crossbow; and a tiefling ranger, arms stretched out in joy and relief.

Behind the party members is a truly gargantuan giant, you can see him only up to his knees. He wears silver greaves and you can catch a glimpse of his great axe.

Ruins of a city are in the distant background.

An illustration of a goliath hunter on his mount in snowy mountain terrain, facing off against a crag cat. The Goliath is a young man, dressed in brown and white furs, accented with red and blue woven panels. He wields a red horsebow. His mount is a mixture of a reindeer and a markhor goat. His tack and gear matches the colors and motifs of his rider. He is mid leap. In the foreground, a white sabertoothed cat pursues the pair. In the background are snowy peaks and Giant ruins.

A giant-sized cowgirl reclines in the pasture with her livestock (primarily cows, with a few chickens sneaking in) as the sun rises off screen.

She has red hair in pigtail braids and wears a cowboy hat and boots along with a magenta and leather western bodice, and suede pants with runic inspired panel/stitch detailing.
The crescent moon and the tears of Selene are between a horizon of red rock hills and puffy pink clouds. A barn with thatched roof is nestled in the shadow beneath a crag at the right edge of the image.

A digital portrait of an elven woman with golden blonde hair in sweeping chignon. She holds a hand to her chin, looking over her shoulder, eyes down cast. She wears shades of blue and gold.

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Svart Näckros 🪷 COMMISSIONS OPEN 🪷 @svartnackros.bsky.social · Jun 14

Moo Portrait 🐮☀️

Attempting semi-realistic portraits of anthro characters... 🫣

#art #furry #anthro #minotaur #terato #digitalpainting #portrait

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zmeess ☂️ commissions open @zmeess.bsky.social · 14h

was struck by sudden inspiration to paint everyone's favorite hot boy with watercolors 🎨
#art #watercolors #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt

a shoulders-up watercolor portrait of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. he is depicted as a young-looking slender drow with light gray-purple skin and short white hair. there is a silver ornament hooked around his pointed ear, shaped like a small leafed branch. his shirt is filled in with almost black purple ink, allowing his face, neck and right hand to stand out; the hand is up by Essek's face, the fingers touching his lips in a pensive gesture as he looks off to the side. the background behind his head and in the upper right corner is sectioned off and filled in with the same ink as his shirt, balancing the composition and providing a dark backdrop for Essek's light hair.

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Aviv Or @avivor.com · 11h

My fan cover for Montgomery LaMontgommery's upcoming book, finally spotlighting the most upstanding gentleman in all of Gath. THANK YOU for Wealwell @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social, @dimension20.bsky.social. He is everything I've ever wanted - nay, needed - and more.
#CloudwardHo #Dimension20

A faux book cover cartoony illustration in brown and teal tones. It shows the Cloudward Ho! cast in a heroic tableau: in the background, Olethra is happily steering the MechLeod, and Daisuke is up on a cliff, aiming a rifle towards centre frame; closer to the viewer are Van on the left, blowing her bosun whistle with tentacles a-tentacling, and Maxwell Gotch on the right, looking a bit unsure about what's happening; closer still are Monty on the left, holding his notebook and looking sagely off-frame, and Marya on the right, holding a huge wrench close to her chest and staring forlornly off-camera. And in the centre and the foreground, looking directly at the viewer, is the lithe, handsome, elegantly poised figure of Wealwell Gotch, hair golden, moustache curled, dressed in a fine teal suit and resting his hand on a katana. The top reads "Montgomery LaMontgommery", and the bottom "Where There's A Weal There's A Well".
The original designs for the Cloudward Ho! cast are by the wonderful Cait May.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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la creatura 𓃗 franco-cantabrian cave art #1 fan @meirimerens.bsky.social · 12h

[nonsexual nudity]

MY completely original and not at all filing-the-serial-numbers-off mediterraninlandsteppe neolithironbronze ages eurasian societies mythical Amazons-inspired bullshit straight up mounted archer & cavalry female characters.... 2!!!

feat. ancient horseball. smile

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Elizabeth Peiró @elizabethpeiro.bsky.social · 22h

Share your couples art ❤️✨

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Mucie @mucie.bsky.social · 21h

blond hair studies

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Michelle Pecoraro (Comms Open + DTIYS) @coveofmadness.bsky.social · 12h

What a beautiful scene - gorgeous composition and lighting! And my gosh, the foliage/flowers look phenomenal.

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Theo Suren @suwisuwii.bsky.social · 1d

Brook and Lucanis 🕯️
commission for @victia.bsky.social

Painting depicting Lucanis and Brook sitting on a stone bench at night. He is holding her hand and kissing it, while she leans back and looks at him lovingly. Behind them the city of Treviso.
Next to them on the left, there's a vase with chrysanthemums and asters, and next to it a burning candle. Under it, a chain is wrapped around one of the pillars of the bench. On the right, a mask, suggesting, together with her holding another in her hand, that they are taking a moment to themselves during a masquerade.
She is also holding a strelitzia flower in her hand.
On the bottom right side of the painting, there is also a small hourglass.

The painting is heavily referencing "The Kiss" by artist Wilhelm Menzler (1924)

Tags:

#lucanis #LucanisDellamorte #rookanis #DAV #Veilguard

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_toffat @toffat.bsky.social · 14h

Heya! I’m _toffat and I do pen and ink stuff! Here’s some finished work and a WIP!

Ballpoint pen drawing of a cat hiding under a witch’s hat and on top of a book. The witch hat is inspired by a mix of Byzantine clothing, armor, and Eastern Orthodox Church ornamentation.
She is surrounded by and lays on top of books. Upon one of the books, a dirty reed pen lays on top of a handkerchief. A sticky note on the front book reads “Βασίλειος”, which is the name of the cat.
An almond branch and an acacia branch east on the front book, and to its right is a pocket watch.

Pen and ink stippling drawing of a woman holding a camera. She is surrounded by white lilies.

Pen and ink drawing of a woman with a fish head posing for a fashion magazine

Rough sketch of a woman sitting on a table, fish swimming around her

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Andrea Corsini :•) @syqkos.bsky.social · 21h

Sharing my orb illustrations again to show off the amazing card designs for the upcoming card game by Luminous Games LLC.
Check out here their website!

@luminouscardgame.bsky.social

www.luminouscardgame.com

Illustration of a magical green orb on a table with notes and tools

Illustration of a magical purple orb on a table with lit candles

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Andrea Corsini :•) @syqkos.bsky.social · 14d

BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRP with your book covers 📚

#BookCovers

Front: A mysterious glowy figure stares at the viewer, two sleds and an icy castle in the background
Back: a worried girl looks into the distance

Illustration of a ruined church, a blood moon fills the environment with red colors

A black stag stands next to a girl with brown and white hair that is looking at the viewer, a magical wind blows through the scene

A feminine hand reaches for a key while a masculine one with claws softly holds her wrist.

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Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · 14h

share your couples art! ✨

Obligatory La Belle Dame Sans Merci study 😂

A study of the painting La Belle Dame Sans Merci, featuring a man in armour standing before a woman on horseback. They both have brown skin; the man has shoulder-length blonde hair while the woman has long and flowing black hair, atop which rests a flower crown. She's leaning over the saddle to smile down at him playfully, while he stares up at her with a devoted expression. The horse, which has a black coat and wears armour pieces that matches the man’s, is stamping a foot and staring at the ground.

Painting of a man on horseback leaning down to kiss a shepherd, who is holding a lamb in their arms. There are two sheep in the foreground. In the background, an overjoyed sheepdog is bounding towards the shepherd and the traveller. The background is a yellow grassland with a forest and mountains in the far distance. The sky is bright blue with soft clouds.

A low-angle close-up drawing of two people lying on the grass at twilight. The image is focused on the person at the back, who is gazing at the person in the foreground with an expression of adoration and dawning comprehension (he just figured out he's in love). The other character, whose face is slightly blurred due to the camera focus, has her eyes closed with a peaceful expression on her face.

A portrait of Fitz and Beloved gazing into each other's eyes while touching tenderly. They are both painted in an ethereal way, bright and glowing and golden; the outlines of Fitz's form fade indistinctly into the dark background.

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Madeleine Fjäll @madeleinefjall.bsky.social · 23h

share your couples art! ✨

KCD2 fanart of Hans and Henry based of "La Belle Dame sans Merci" by Frank Dicksee

Art from my book Far From Eikfell, with Niketas and Ulvar sharing a moment in a hidden spot, covered by foliage.

Fanart of Marcille and Falin from Delicious in Dungeon

Art from my book Far from Miklagardr, featuring Niketas and Ulvar sleeping with bed, and Loke the cat curled up on them.

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Toby Fox @tobyfoxart.bsky.social · 22h

Stampede Summoner, my fifth piece for #Octoby2025 🐎🎠

In the tundra of the Coldgrounds, a summoner invokes the spirit of a great stampede
#octoby

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Aromie Kim ~Commissions open~ @aromiekim.bsky.social · 3d

Skellies?! Here are some of my bone folk 🦴

A black and white illustration of three small skeletons. One in the front is gripping the sleeve of a live person, its skull filled with milk teeth. Two other skeletons are huddle behind it.

A grotesque skeleton-like machine consisting of various eerie mechanical parts that resemble torture devices. In the center of its "rib cage" is a human

Black and white drawing of Karl Heisenberg, an enemy character from the Resident Evil 8 video game. A man dressed in a tattered trench coat and hat, holding a massive hammer made out of gears. His face is skeletal, with his eye sockets resembling sunglasses. Behind him is a faint apparition of mechanical arms.

Fan art of the Apathy Grimm from the RWBY web series. Four skeletal creatures, two tall in the center and two hunchbacked ones on the sides, stand amidst a foggy backdrop. One bony hand stretches towards the viewer

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寧 Shanice ⬩ Brainrotting 🎃🧡 @shanicetjn.bsky.social · Aug 7

A digital artwork of Abby Saja and Jinu of the Saja Boys from KPop Demon Hunters. It is the artist's interpretation of how they would look like in their past lives.

Abby is wearing the military service uniform of the Joseon Dynasty and Jinu is wearing a Hanbok with a Gat. Abby is resting his head on his right hand while gazing and smirking at a blushing Jinu who is trying to avoid his gaze and whistling.

Written text in image reads @ ShaniceTJN.

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Michelle Pecoraro (Comms Open + DTIYS) @coveofmadness.bsky.social · 1d

So like, if we were moots, and suddenly we aren't... it's not on purpose and you can poke me if I haven't noticed it yet.

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DuendeonSpooko @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 1d

Dance party protests might be one of the best moves right now.

These make fascists look ridiculous, counter the "Portland is dangerous" narrative, and showcase joy and community at a time when those things are in short supply. Keep it up.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Yolebrat-COMMS OPEN ✨️ @yolebrat.bsky.social · 1d

On her way to fix all of your problems.
#BaldursGate3 #Jaheira

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Harkalé Linaï @harkale-linai.bsky.social · 1d

Are we turning this into a trend? Please, let's turn this into a trend!

Share your couples art ❤️ ❤️

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Michelle Pecoraro (Comms Open + DTIYS) @coveofmadness.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone else noticing they're suddenly not following people you were previously... like a few just randomly? I've noticed 3 in the past week (dunno when the unfollow itself happened, but made the realization this week).

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🍷🕯️Caemi🕯️🩸 @caemiel.bsky.social · 1d

🌩

[ #caemidraws #dnd #mars ]

Tower tarot card featuring Mars in the middle of a field under a stormy sky. He's turning back, a hand holding his old zweihander, a look of surprise and disbelief on his face. Out of the frame, Will's hand reaches for him. In the background, a dark tower shows part of the party stopping Mars from leaving.

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Janna Sophia 🏔️ @jannaphia.bsky.social · 2d

☀️✨

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maezanilla @ MCM London @maezanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“This two-handed soldier’s sword was huge and aberrant and frankly malicious, and utterly your responsibility.”

A drawing of Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Locked Tomb series, dressed in hospital clothes while hugging a glowing two handed sword and crying, her gaze a little lost.

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