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Newt 👁️🦎
@eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
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🌿Freelance artist in TTRPGs & entertainment.

🎭Horror loving roleplayer. OC haver: #NewtsOCs #FruitOfSin

📚Folklore & Slavic Ethnography nerd.

🌱He/They, 27, queer, disabled, ENG/CZ, 📍Prague
📧Work: [email protected]
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Newt 👁️🦎 @eyeofthenewt.bsky.social · 27d
Hi #portfolioday I'm Charlie 'Newt' Borovský and I love folklore & tormenting characters.

Got a lot of stuff as NDAs still but I have experience in TTRPGs + Book Covers / Interiors + Concept Art for animation & games.

Booking for Spring

Portfolio: eyeofthenewt.com
Socials: linktr.ee/EyeOfTheNewt
a digifal illustration depicting a sunlit forest clearing on which a ruined fort stands. its built of white stone with ivy slowly overtaking it a d through out the image, there are a few goblins scattered, patrolling the grounds. the one we see most clearly, on the foreground carries a spear and a grin on his face. three painted portraits side by side: 1- portrait of a brown haired pale man done in the style of an old looking oil painting. it is contained on a thin oval frame a d lit by a single point above. it shows a man wringing out his hands on a dirty rag. he is dressed in a worn white shirt, daek waiscoat and a pale yellow necktie. his hair is falling loosely around his face in a messy ponytail and gis face bears marks of decay. his eyes are glazed over like eyes of a corpse and he has the look of tightly concealed anguish on his face. 2- Digital painting of a pale, thin looking dark haired young man with a sad, contemplative expression, staring somewhere into space to the side. He's wearing early late georgian attire- white shirt, yellow cravate and a dark coat. His hair is chin-lenght and wind -toussled. His eyes are a very pale blue and he has small, dark lips with a prominent cupids bow. His nose is larghe, hooked at the end and thin and his eyes are big and downturned with heavy lids. The painting is done in a loose painterly style, the background is a pale yellow and the portrait rests inside an ovel shape, with a dark grey colour being around it. At the bottom there are a few inscriptions reading: "Andrei Croft", "England 1835", and in cursive in the middle there is a Like 12:2 quote in latin. 3-portrait painting of a dark skinned older woman with white hair and pearl earrings. she is wearing a victorian style green blouse embridered with flowers and is smirking slightly while staring at the viewer head on. two illustrations next to eachother: 1- digital illustration on black background depicting a few different scenes. The character shown are a soft-faced nun (Catherine) and a larger, more androgynous figure with straw colored hair (Nikola). The top image shows them standing in front a of a small church, with autumn coloured nature around and a pile of debris burning to the side, smoke rising from it. Below that, there is a drawing of Nikky with blood ont heir face, and a second one showing it being cleaned off by Catherine. On the left there id a drawing that shows Nikky kneeling, hunched on the ground, blood splatter clothing, with Catherine standing tall above her, watching. And ont he right side there is a drawing of the two in profile. Catherine is golding up Niklky's chin with two delicate fingers and Nikky is kneeling on their heels and is lookign up with a set jaw. 2- a digital illustration of a hunched-over figure ont heir hands and knees with a dark background. The figure has blonde hair and a long tan trenchcoat. their face is fully obscured as they bend over a splatter of blood ont he floor, pushing themselves up on clawed pale hands. Above the figure, there is a drawing of a clawed red hand holding a the same pale figure curled up in its palm. Viscous liquid dripping down from it. At the top of the page, there are two beige-coloured hounds curling in on themselves in agonised positions. One is curling forward with its tongue curling out and the other is biting at its own side. There are three small paragraphs of text in red ink and a typewriter style font reading: "A Thing, touched by the hand of the beast", "Something rotting, marked, wretched, coiling and writhing behind each of their ribs", "Planted there by the ichor-slick-black-dripping hand of the Devil" four illustrations side by side: 1-digital illustration of a witchy woman under a full moon holding a skull. she is wearing a loose dress, trinket jewelery, her skin is dark, reflecting the blue hues of the sky and her hair is in dreadlocks. 2- a painting showing a crazed village woman mid-transformation into a corvid demon. the light from the moon is red and she is levitating in a corn field, her body contorting and a crazed smile adorning her face. 3-a digital painting of a young girl in viking-style dress, sorrounded by a fluttering group of crows. The background is a foggy, cold, branble area of sorts with dried grass at her feet and her dress is a muted jean-blue. She has a woven belt, a pouch hanging off it and a fur cloak around her shoulders. there is some viking style brass jewelery around her neck. Her hair is blonde , tied back and she has short bangs. There is a determined exúression on her face and her fists are clenched as if getting ready to stand her ground. At the bottom of the page, there is a copyright bar reading: © Studio Agate 2025, Shadows of Esteren: Dearg 2, Charlie "Newt" Borovský 2023 @EyeOfTheNewt 4-A thin vertical illustration in an Art Nouveau poster style depicting a small man in a paired dance with a dark horned figure. The devil is clad in flowing fabrics and furs, his skin dark grey. He is tipping the smaller man back, one hand supporting at the small of his back and the other intertwined with the other's fingers. Andrei is wearing a short with billowy sleeves, a green west and tightly fitting pants with white socks and fancy shoes. He has a shocked expression on his face as he's being tipped back and his medium lenght dark brown hair falls freely. The background is made of intricate decorative designs and the text on top says: Saltiato Cum Diabolo.
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
sneaky peeky of another Nikky piece I'm saving for later
crop from a digital illustration showing lifeless hands on a ground covered in blood. and someone kneeling in the background. cropped image of a digotal illustration showing a wooden cross with nails hammered into it and ropes hanging off it.
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 AM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
Acts 8:22

[OCs: Nikola Graves x Sister Catherine who belongs to: @mossborn.bsky.social, #fruitofsin #gracehound #NewtsOCs ]
A digital illustration styled like a fake movie screenshot showing a scene between two figures bathed in early morning light. It depicts a nun dressed in white grabbing the face of a larger, blonde haired figure who has blood on their mouth and nose and remnants of tears at their cheeks. behind them is a white wall with a crucifix, a rosary, a drawing of St. Mary and various other decorations The scenes is strangely tender through obvious the tention and both their expfessions seem pained. at the bottom, there is a fake subtitle text that reads: "And repent of this wickedness of yours,"
February 10, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Reposted by Newt 👁️🦎
eeliskyttanen.bsky.social
New painting! "Midsummer Procession", 33"x 21", Oil on Linen.
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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crowcrownstudio.bsky.social
Many of the fish that you can catch in Aquarium can be cooked and eaten! With additional Chef feat bonuses, edible fish imbue all manner of perks, including bonuses to ability scores and attacks, additional health, and improved vision - amongst many others ✨️
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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crowcrownstudio.bsky.social
Limnades are carnivorous nymphs who haunt only in the freshest of waters. These canny shapeshifters take whatever shape they desire in order to hunt their favoured prey: humans. Their enchanting songs lure their prey into their watery lairs, as drowned meat is the sweetest...
February 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
'The Deaths of River Dart'

AD: Fen Inkwright
#fantasyart #D&D #TTRPG
Digital painting depicting a dangerous-looking old woman with long dark hair, long pointy nose, yellow glowing eyes and a wicked smirk. She is up to her thighs in river water, washing a bloodied sheet of linen. The scene is in darkness, with a strip of lighting illuminating her only partially. The surface of the water is covered in duckweed and there are ravens flying around the figure. The figure has metal coin jewelry woven into her wild, dark hair that falls down her back and into the water like a thick blanket. There is a full moon visible in the reflection of the water. The credit text at the bottom includes: Crow&Crown logo, Aquarium logo, “Charlie Newt Borovský @EyeOfTheNewt” and “© Crow&Crown 2026”.
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 AM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
Miss Agnes always rolled so bad on her remote viewing ability the last few sessions, poor darling got a headache.

[OC: Agnes Morrison - City Of Mist, 80s Neon Noir.]
Digital painting of a dark haired woman in a darkened space, rubbing her face while looking at the viewer with a pitch black eye. There is a small trickle of blood going down from her nose. Her face is fairly long and angular and she has dark circles under her eyes. She has a long scarf around her neck and her hair is straight and unbrushed. The light in this piece is coming
February 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
Little spot arts I had the of pleasure painting for Book Of Spirits last year.
I also did a little bit of AD work on the three adventure chapters in the book.

The book is out now, here: tinyurl.com/2s3chbz2

AD: me :3
A spot illustration of a night time clock tower rising above rooftops. There is ominous mist swirling in a spiral around the tower and a pale full moon sits right behind its highest point. There are faint suggestions of stars in the dark sky behind.. It is executed in a realistic, painterly style. The copyright text on the bottom reads: © Beyond The Screen Studio 2025 Charlie “Newt” Borovský @EyeOfTheNewt A spot illustration of a shiny, bright metal scimitar laying on a moss covered stone. From the blade, dark red mist of magic swirls and blood drips from its edge. On the top of the page, there is the same sword, but without the magic effect. The polished metal reflects its surroundings, indicating it is in a bright and green environment. It is executed in a realistic, painterly style. The copyright text on the bottom reads: © Beyond The Screen Studio 2025 Charlie “Newt” Borovský @EyeOfTheNewt A spot illustration of a fluffy teddy bear on its side and a pair of fair skinned hands in blue, fancy sleeves parting a tear inside the toy, to gently insert an amethyst-carved cameo with gold edges and chain into the cavity. It is executed in a realistic, painterly style. The copyright text on the bottom reads: © Beyond The Screen Studio 2025 Charlie “Newt” Borovský @EyeOfTheNewt A spot illustration showing three spot paintings: Top left is an old thread-bare and repaired owlbear plushie. One of its button eyes falling off. On the bottom left is a makeshift ram made out of a tree trunk and metal scraps, with brass handle bars screwed into the bark. On the right, there is a wooden fish drying rack with two large sea birds sitting atop among the many shiny, bright coloured fish. There is a fish filled bucket below it and another seagull eating crumbs at the bottom. It is executed in a realistic, painterly style. The copyright text on the bottom reads: © Beyond The Screen Studio 2025 Charlie “Newt” Borovský @EyeOfTheNewt
February 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
also fyi ive been posting on tumblr again and sometimes share more thoughts/writing that comes with these OC drawings in the tags over there.
www.tumblr.com/eyeofthenewt...
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
A Sneaky peek at one of the illustrations I did for Aquarium already!
crowcrownstudio.bsky.social Crow & Crown 👑 @crowcrownstudio.bsky.social · 7d
Aquarium currently contains 85+ hours of adventures - with more being written as we speak! Each adventure is designed to run for 4+ hours and contains at least one of our watery folkloric monsters - as well as advice on how to level each adventure up or down.
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 AM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
Do yall have a specific voice in your head when writing prose?

All OC things I write is read in either TMA Jonathan Sims's voice or in the voice of Cole from DA Inquisition.
idk why but those two are just the perfect tone for the type of unhinged stream-of-conciousness character studies i do...
February 3, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us"

[OCs: Nikola Graves x Sister Catherine (belonging to @mossborn.bsky.social), VtM 1835 England] #NewtsOCs #VtM
digital illustration on black background depicting a few different scenes. The character shown are a soft-faced nun (Catherine) and a larger, more androgynous figure with straw colored hair (Nikola). The top image shows them standing in front a of a small church, with autumn coloured nature around and a pile of debris burning to the side, smoke rising from it. Below that, there is a drawing of Nikky with blood ont heir face, and a second one showing it being cleaned off by Catherine. On the left there id a drawing that shows Nikky kneeling, hunched on the ground, blood splatter clothing, with Catherine standing tall above her, watching. And ont he right side there is a drawing of the two in profile. Catherine is golding up Niklky's chin with two delicate fingers and Nikky is kneeling on their heels and is lookign up with a set jaw.
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
"Holy Sacrament"
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[OCs: Nikky (me) & Sister Catherine (@mossborn.bsky.social) #NewtsOCs VtM, 1835 England]
A square digital illustration that consists of a drawing of two figures ont he left and a bold strip of text on the right. It depicts the taking of sacrament, a soft-faced nun in off-white habit is feeding a piece of bread to a more rugged figure, that is kneeling in front of her. They have a straw-coloured hair, dressed in practical but tidy clothing, perhaps their sunday attire, with a couple knives strapped to their hip and boot. They are holding their hands in a prayer, eyes closed and mouth open with the tongue almost touching the nuns fingers as she feeds them the piece of bread. there is a splatter of red down their chin, as if they have previously drank of the communion wine. There is a small crucifix above them. Ont he right, there is a gothic style large decorative text in muted red/orange reading "Eat of His flesh Drink of His blood" there is more text in the border around the drawing, but much smaller, reading: "Sister Catherine Alden & Nikola Graves", "City of Magoth 1835 England", "Vampire the Masquerade", "Created by @Eyeofthenewt & @Mossborn".
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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shahenor.bsky.social
Opening a few skeb styled #commission slots! 👁️

Vgen: vgen.co/Shahenor
An advertisement for skeb commissions by @Shahenor. It reads: Simplified style with flat colors and minimal detail — 'artist choice' or 'skeb' style. PRICES : Half-body :: $157 Full-body :: $210 + $50 for vignette + $100 for additional character
January 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
working on this lovely book this winter!
kickstarter is gonna go live soon
rosdottir.bsky.social Fen Inkwright 🌿 @rosdottir.bsky.social · 11d
The rumours are true… Aquarium is almost ready to launch! And at the end of the month we’ll be giving away a copy, as well as chance to have your character drawn by @golightlyfinch.bsky.social !

Find out what's included in the book in the next few posts 🐟
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
Vulture in Velvet

[OC: Andrei Croft - the haunted painter, victorian setting - #FruitofSin #NewtsOCs ] ..the graphic design demons have been whispering to me lately again..
digital illustration int eh style of an avant-garde movie/theatre poster in the tones of bloody orange and cream. It shows Andrei - a thin, dark haired guy sitting on the ground, wearing a long red bathrobe, striped pants and a cream shirt. He is looking to the side with a sad, tired expression while scratching at his chest. He has a choker and an earring, each with a pearl on it. the background is in an off-white colour and there is a hand drawn logo-like text reading "Fruit of Sin" and on the left side as well as the bottom edge, there are small red drawings of various devils and demons, lined up as a half-border of a kind. At the bottom, in small text, int he style of movie poster cast list, there is a Three-row text that says: Original Character: Andrei Croft - The Haunted Painter The Fruit Of Sin setting features characters by: @eyeoftnenewt.bsky.social @mossborn.bsky.social @slavomess.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
// CW: blood //

'livebirth'

[OC:Nikola Graves #FruitOfSin #NewtsOCs]
digital illustration of a character in the aftermath of violence, covered in blood, both from their own injuries and likely other sources as well. They have stringy dirty blonde hair, light grey eyes and are looking up.
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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mel-a-tonin.bsky.social
“TRAGIC BACKSTORY” CHARACTER COMMISSIONS

Slots are $70, full color. +20 USD for additional characters.

DM me if you are interested in getting on the list or if you have any questions! Would love to hear about what you’ve got.

More images samples below!

#dnd #commissions #art #oc #ttrpg #comms
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 AM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
apart from all being queer ofc, all of them have some kind of mental illness and trauma because i have no basis of how to write/play a person - not- deeply affected by those.
ocqotd.bsky.social [ OC Questions ] @ocqotd.bsky.social · 14d
For those with multiple original characters, is there anything that they have in common?

#OCASK #OCQOTD #OCSKY
January 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
having discord servers w friends to show art to is so dangerous actually cause i get enough tasty motivating feedback there and it just becomes a grueling chore to post online

that is to say sorry for not posting in a few days, i have the art, i just hate going on webbed sites and writign captions
January 27, 2026 at 9:10 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
mel's work is so viceral and juicy and big brained and I encourage every one of you to take a look and commission him if you'd like to see blorbos suffer <333
mel-a-tonin.bsky.social mel @mel-a-tonin.bsky.social · 17d
“TRAGIC BACKSTORY” CHARACTER COMMISSIONS

Slots are $70, full color. +20 USD for additional characters.

DM me if you are interested in getting on the list or if you have any questions! Would love to hear about what you’ve got.

More images samples below!

#dnd #commissions #art #oc #ttrpg #comms
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
The City of Mist

[Secret santa for my friend Pauli <3
OCs: Eli (Pauli), Agnes (me), Fin ( @mossborn.bsky.social ) and Mahadi ( @coupleofkooks.bsky.social ) #newtsocs ]
digital illustration int he style of a comic cover or a poster in mostly tones of green. It shows a darkened street and 4 charcaters walking through it away fromt he viewer. The main character shon here is a blonde man in a wide jacket, short hair, stubble and claw mark scars on his chin. he is looking back with a concerned expression and there is green ghostly mist coming out of his eyes, floating up towards the title that read " Elijah Rivers". Int he background there are three more chartacters, a dark haired woman with a long striped scarf (Agnes), a white haired figure in a puffy bomber jacket (Fin) and a salt n pepper hair bearded man (Mahadi). On the bottom there is a smaller depiction of the group but from the side and in a slightly more cartoony style. Everyone in the group is smoking a cigarette.
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
this is so important!
its what you pick up if you work traditionally on big formats too and its very helpful.

i do have shoulder problems instead of wrist problems tho lol you gotta pick one i guess
jkart.bsky.social Jeffrey Koch @jkart.bsky.social · 23d
Work from your shoulder, not wrist or fingers for your sketch phase at the very least. Far less strain over time, but you can also be pleasantly surprised what comes from looser strokes.
zhillustrator.com Zhillustrator @zhillustrator.com · 26d
Artists, QRP with a practical art "hack" you use. Let's share some wit & knowhow.
January 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
rolling double 1 snakeyes TWICE while fighting a snake monster in City Of Mist today...
idk what happening to me lately, i always roll kind of bad but its been SO BAD lately.
the insence isnt enough at this point...
January 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
eyeofthenewt.bsky.social
what the fuck
greys.is greys @greys.is · 25d
In PS for desktop: Click and drag the colour picker to another window outside to colour pick from anything on the desktop!

This may also work for other software but I haven't tested.
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM