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Hampus 🎃

@hampus.bsky.social

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Pulp and comic artist. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/flinkart

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · Oct 10

Pinned posts are here! And so am I! Here's some of my art for you to look at while I figure out an introduction post for people seeing my profile for the first time.

#art, #pulp, #horror

A digital painting of an undead woman in a red, flowing dress. She is standing on top of some stairs outside, her head framed by a pale blue moon, and reaching her bony hand toward the viewer.

A digital painting in the gothic romance book cover style, depicting a ginger woman in a gown fleeing a dark tower in the distance. It is a dark and dusty violet night, and the woman is flanked by twisted trees. A single yellow window is lit in the tower, casting its light upon the woman.

A digital, pulp-style painting resembling a mystery book cover. It features two women, one dressed in a dark suit and wearing glasses, aiming a bright flashlight off to the side, another wearing a deep purple tunic and orange turban hijab and holding a camera. In the background, enclosed in the mysterious shape of a person, we see a gloomy blue cityscape, with bright green lanterns hanging from twisted trees.

A digital painting in the style of a pulpy crime novel cover. It depicts a red-headed woman with her back turned to the viewer, strolling away as a piece of bright red fabric slides from her hands. Rendered inside the blood-like fabric is the body of a suit-clad man with a knife in his chest.

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 1d

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Cody Vrosh @codyvrosh.bsky.social · 5h

The Goat. Watercolor & ink.

#art #watercolor

Illustration of a person with hair flowing into a goat entity carrying a spear.

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 1h

My new album LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) is out now! ☀️

Thank you so much to everyone who has joined me on this journey to the release of LIAR. I am beyond proud and excited to finally share this with you all and I want to know what you think! ❤️

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 23m

Such a classic 🤍

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 12h

H. R. Giger, “Li II” (1974).

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Scoobtoobins @scoobtoobins.bsky.social · 1h

Event Horizon!

Don't miss out on my horror movie illustration tee pre-order. Less than 6 days to snag a tee. 5 designs available. Printed and shipped from NYC.
scoobtoobins.com

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 15h

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 38m

It's kind of a gem, I was happily surprised by how good it was

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 4h

Post a mage!

Digital illustration of a pug dressed as Rincewind from Discworld. Wearing a wizard hat and cloak.

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 58m

PEOPLE/9WEEKS0.GIF

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Madeleine Fjäll @madeleinefjall.bsky.social · 2h

FINISHED MY SCARF

As usual my phone struggles to show the correct colours so :^)
It is more like the first photo irl, but I kinda want it to be more like the second one 😔 maybe I can dye it

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Shivikai @shivikai.bsky.social · 12h

After drawing Shadewalk for a solid year, I made this little sketch for the 1-year anniversary. I put the spoiler on one layer and wrote Firebrands thoughts under it, not wanting to spoil what was to come.
It's almost been 2 years now, and we're up to the point, let me unspoiler:

a sketch of me drawing Shadewalk, with the characters Firebrand and Node 0 talking around me

Caele getting punched in his fucking face

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Witty Volkova @wittlegoblin.bsky.social · 6d

Good things come in small packages (like these pocket sized games!) #ttrpg #rpg #indiegames

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 9h

These all look really neat!

Witty Volkova @wittlegoblin.bsky.social · 6d

Good things come in small packages (like these pocket sized games!) #ttrpg #rpg #indiegames

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 12h

« The Black Rose », 1972

by Jeffrey Catherine Jones (American artist, 1944-2011)
Cover illustration of "Nine Princes In Amber", Roger Zelazny, Avon Books, 1972

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JeffJones #JeffreyCatherineJones #RogerZelazny #NinePrincesInAmber #ChroniclesOfAmber

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 9h

damn, lady

A closeup of a fantasy illustration, depicting a gigantic ant-like creature staring at a woman's posterior

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 12h

Boosting this again!

It's gone pretty well so far, but there's still people I keep seeing wishing out loud for a forum for art and discussion... It's here!!

🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 6d

okay. I've tried this before but maybe it'll stick.

WG is a forum where you can discuss at length tv, movies, books, new releases, metatextual topics, post and discuss art, post tutorials etc, read up in threads, which will not just vanish but stick around for a bit. try it!

wg.jcink.net/index.php

screenshot of Walled Garden, a new forum for general discussion.

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 11h

Wallace Polsom, “Return to the Sacred Grove” (09 Aug 2019), paper collage, 17.3 x 27.6 cm | wallacepolsom.com/post/1868888...

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 9h

Daily 35: Grave | Nyx

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🕸Nye🐇 comms open! @nigelgraz.bsky.social · 12h

Hii i'm finally taking comms!! :D form and more info and examples in the thread!💖

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 11h

There's at least twelve! 😵‍💫

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🎃Indicreates 👻25% off spooky art @ my website👻 @indicreates.bsky.social · 11h

I feel better now, art helped again 🩷

This painting is about grieving pain and chronic suffering/ illness that can’t be undone but also accepting it.

I call it “I can’t fix myself.”

#art #emotional #cptsd #painting

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you so much, Ilona! I'm glad you like it 🐸💕

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Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · Jul 25

Branded, the first in a series of four-page horror comics.

This is my first attempt at rendering a whole comic in "pure" black and white linework, without shades of gray. It's a style I've always admired but never felt strong enough to do.

Enjoy! 👻

#comics, #art, #horror, #DarkArt

A black and white comic page with three panels.

Panel 1: A bedroom, seen from above, mostly shrouded in darkness. There is a big bed, and a poster above the bed featuring a demonic band called Beelzebabes. There is a bedside table with a lamp, spreading a circle of light around it. A young woman lies curled up on the bed, clutching a pillow. A rectangle of light falls from an off-panel doorway over the bed, and the shadow of a person appears in the light.

The title of the comic: "Branded", appears in the top left corner.
The shadowy figure says "You should go outside.""

Panel 2:
Closeup of the young woman's face. She looks haggard and frightened. The rectangle of the doorframe, with the shadowy figure within it, appears behind her in the darkness.

The young woman says: "I... I can't. That..."

Panel 3:
A slightly abstract rendition of a window with venetian blinds drawn. Insects buzz in the light filtering through the blinds, and something that resembles smoke rises across the panel.

The young woman says: "That thing is still out there."

A black and white comic page with six panels.

Panel 1: A white void, in which sits a rectangular stairway framed by a low brick wall, apparently leading down underground. A crooked sign post stands next to the stairs.

Narration boxes: "It followed me from the subway station. At first, I thought it was just a beggar, but..."

Panels 2-4: In a sequence of three panels, a pale, deformed humanoid figure emerges from the darkness, its arms abnormally long, its fingers long with claw-like nails. The figure seems to twist and bend in unnatural ways, and keeps poking at its own eyelids with its nails, as if its trying to force its own eyelids open.

Narration boxes: "With every step it took, it changed. I could hear its bones snap and slot into place. And somehow, I was trapped with it. Like a bird in an oil spill."

Panel 5: The young woman, now wearing an overcoat and hat, and a long scarf sustained on the wind, clasps her face in horror. Her face and hands have been blacked out with rough pencil strokes, but the whites of her eyes can still be seen, staring in terror. Her purse is flying through the air, spilling its contents as it goes: a set of keys, a book, a pencil, a smartphone.

Narration boxes: "And something passed from it to me. I can't get rid of it."

Panel 6: A closeup of the creature's eye, being pried open by two long, cracked fingernails. The pupil in the eye resembles a twisted reflection of the young woman.

Narration boxes: "You know how smoke sticks to your collar? Or when a sick baby puts its fingers in your mouth."

A black and white comic page with six panels.

Panel 1: The young woman is peeking out her window, parting the venetian blinds with her fingers. Her face is brightly lit, and her eyes look astonished with disbelief.

Narration boxes: "Ever since then, little by little... the world has fallen apart."

Panel 2: A bizarre view of the street outside the young woman's house. A gigantic dog is being walked by a tiny person, who appears to be much farther away than the dog, despite walking in front of it. The dog is intersected by lamp posts which appear to be at different distances from the viewer, and in each section the dog is much larger than the last. The curb itself appears to be a smartphone, and a broken clock is floating among some rubble in the void.

Narration boxes: "Pieces disappear, or appear elsewhere. Things change size without moving. Nothing is the same when you look again."

Panel 3: In a white void, a deformed figure, distinct from the one we saw on the previous page, is shambling around. It is dressed in a blouse and skirt, and its neck is long, snaking away from its body, head lolling.

Narration boxes: "There are others like it, shambling about. I can see them clearly now. Maybe they were always there."

Panels 4-6: Three panels of the young woman sitting on her bed, clutching her pillow, first seen as a white silhouette over pitch black, then straight from the front, then in closeup as she turns her head toward the figure in the doorway.

The young woman says: "There is no outside anymore. My room is the only place I feel safe."
The figure in the doorway says: "You should go outside."
Irritated, the young woman says: "Weren't you listening? I said–"
The figure in the doorway interrupts: "Outside."
Now suddenly anxious, the young woman says: "What..."
The figure in the doorway interrupts, this time with a scratchy, deformed word balloon: "You should go outside."

A black and white comic page with two panels.

Panel 1: The young woman is sitting up in her bed, clutching her sheet as it wraps around her lower body. She is looking over her shoulder, toward the doorway. Concentric circles with hatched patterns inside them frame her head.

The young woman says: "M... mom?"

A word balloon at the bottom of the panel extends into the next panel, with the letters spilling out of it as if entering the same physical space as the characters themselves, spelling out the words "Go outside".

Panel 2: In a big panel, seen from the young woman's point of view, a monstrous humanoid creature emerges from the darkness, reaching its long, clawed hands toward us. Its neck is crooked, head lolling, eyes apparently clawed open, with fresh scratch wounds running down its cheeks. The mouth is open, with worm-like appendages dangling from its lips. The young woman's hand reaches into frame, fingers spread, as if trying to ward off the monster in fear.

A small box in the bottom right corner informs us that this is the end of the story. Thank you for reading!

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (StinaMarie) @stinasdemons.com · 13h

Day 9, #hARToween25
Spellbook and Potions
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Working on something new but it's totally an experiment so in case it doesn't work out, here's an appropriate older piece. (The original is in color but I like how it looks in b&w).

Watercolor painting of a woman at a table with an assortment of bottles, salt, and mushrooms on the table. She's in front of a large bowl that's acting as a cauldron and smoke billows out of it. Behind her are shelves full of more bottles and old books.

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