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Joe Watson
@jwillustration.bsky.social
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✍️ Freelance Artist based in Scotland (He/Him)

Art, photography, all the good stuff 🦆

Open to work!

Inquiries ✉️ - [email protected]
My work 🕸️ - https://www.joewatsonillustration.com/

No AI/NFT art 🛑
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Joe Watson @jwillustration.bsky.social · Oct 14
Hello #portfolioday !

I’m Joe, a freelance artist based in Scotland, working in games physical and digital on illustrations and concepts, previously in animation assets and UI.

Currently looking for new projects!

✉️ [email protected]
🌐 joewatsonillustration.com
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margawart.bsky.social
Today's my birthday! 🎉 I spend my time painting silly pictures, it would mean a lot if you could share them!

linktr.ee/margawart
Digital illustration of a lavish interior and an older gentleman posing for a mural. While the model is old and hunched over, the clothes too big for him, with servants around him holding various props, his portrait shows a strapping younger man posing with a sword. A digital illustration of a character and her skeletal mount, half-heron, half-fox. The character, a priestess of the Guild of Mists, is in the middle of the sacred, pre-hunt rites. She's holding a holy amulet and a smoking censer. They're both in a misty marsh, the skeletal remains of past hunts at their feet. Left : Cover illustration for "Out of True" by Rien Gray. Two hands are holding onto a disintegrating sword, a dark forest in the background. Right : A digital illustration of hands clutching a sword, surrounded by vegetation. One of the hands has a stylized dragon tattoo on the wrist. A digital illustration of a human lower jawbone and a pink rose surrounded by flames and ghostly roses. Inspired by the book The Waste Lands by Stephen King.
February 7, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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tolariancommunitycollege.com
I'm giving away TEN Collector Booster Boxes of Lorwyn Eclipsed!

I'm giving TEN PEOPLE each one box of Collector Boosters from Lorwyn as a thank you for donating to Trans Lifeline!

Just donate in multiples of $4.00 to @translifeline.org until Feb 7 at 10am PST!

Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
jwillustration.bsky.social
Spoooooooky
February 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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ersatz.bsky.social
A collection of corridors
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
jwillustration.bsky.social
Happy birthday Paul! Eat cake
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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paulscottcanavan.com
It's my birthday, apparently? What if we do the obligatory artshare thing 👀

Hi. I'm Paul, an artist & art director who has worked on a million games and game designer working on my first TTRPG, Pale Tides. I like dogs and supporting artists.

🎨 paulscottcanavan.com
🎮 bit.ly/paletides
Some character art for Humblewood. A crow assassin wielding daggers, a moonlit sky and the great tree city in the background. A racoon bandit throwing dice in the air in a forest setting. A little... mouse guy? With leaf wings looking very proud of himself. Two undead birds, one wearing armour, in a dark forest. A couple of background paintings for Daggerheart. One is a sprawling city at night with a couple of vagabonds in the corner, the other is a plains environment with a bright sunrise and a big... Creature. And Bedouin looking people who live in tents. Some of the 40+ Magic: the Gathering cards I have painted. I don't remember all of the names, ask me a question if you want a specific description! Some scenes for Dungeons & Dragons. A tiefling in a haunted shop, ghosts reflected in the mirror. A woman fending off werewolves in a burning city. A big... dwarf boss guy firing ice bolts while being attacked by heroes. A mushroom guy being tortured by a... Okay, I don't remember what these guys are called either. But he's having a rough time.
February 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
jwillustration.bsky.social
Ayyy my favourite game shop, bring on the blabber
February 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
jwillustration.bsky.social
Border Riding is a great little game and beautifully presented too, one of my favourite pick ups of the last couple of years.
shop.peregrinecoast.press Peregrine Coast Press @shop.peregrinecoast.press · 6d
Border Riding is a game about boundaries, exploring how arbitrary borders can create long-lasting divisions between communities.

Lavishly illustrated and printed on Ordnance Map material meaning it’ll survive through anything.

Get yours @ peregrinecoast.press/products/bor...
February 4, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Problem is Kiddy will be exactly the same in 2077
February 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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jwillustration.bsky.social
Roses are red,
the world can be bleak,
but here’s a goblin,
’cause it’s #goblinweek
Portrait of a goblin looking over there shoulder, clutching a bunch of flowers a doing their best big beautiful smile
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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That damned smile
February 1, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Absolute banger
January 31, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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dijanadraws.bsky.social
Comfort 💕
Jeon Wonwoo from Seventeen, my comfort zone.
A digital portrait study of Jeon Wonwoo, member of the k-pop group Seventeen. Monochrome (desaturated beige to brown to black) study of a photo, trying to mimic traditional media of pencil and charcoal. He's portrayed from the side, looking at the camera over his shoulder. He's mostly placed in the shadow with a strong rim light (from the window off screen) lining his face. There's a vague depiction of blinds in the background behind him, with light coming from the left, and going further dark towards the right - setting the lighting of the scene and figure.
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 PM
jwillustration.bsky.social
Roses are red,
the world can be bleak,
but here’s a goblin,
’cause it’s #goblinweek
Portrait of a goblin looking over there shoulder, clutching a bunch of flowers a doing their best big beautiful smile
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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🙏💀🎉
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
jwillustration.bsky.social
That would be cooool
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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jwillustration.bsky.social
lttp buuuut death to the wizard kings 💀🗡️
Digital painting of Marie engers character hate pit, screaming death at the sky
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
jwillustration.bsky.social
lttp buuuut death to the wizard kings 💀🗡️
Digital painting of Marie engers character hate pit, screaming death at the sky
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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nicodelort.bsky.social
A photo that shows on the right side a swan resting on the surface of a lake, under snow covered branches coming from the left side of the picture. In the background, out of focus snow-covered trees. The overall palette is very muted, blue-grays. The swan's warm white plumage and bright orange bill stand out. A photo of a flock of eleven cackling geese flying out of thick fog in perfect V formation. In the bottom left, the top of a snow covered tree. The sky is very overcast and the overall color palette of the image is muted grays and blues. A photo showing the surface of a lake. In the foreground, two tall branches stand above the water, and on the right side of the those branches, a swan sleeps, curled up on itself. In the background, snow covered trees. The overall color palette is very muted, mostly gray, except for warm glow of sunlight hitting the back of the trees and the surface of the water. A photo showing, in the foreground, on the lefthand side, a swan and on the righthand side, gnarled branches of a dead tree above the water, seemingly reaching towards the swan. In the background, out of focus snow-covered trees. The overall color palette is very muted but a warm glow illuminates the whole image. A sliver of sunlight hits the surface of the water and illuminates the swan.
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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ourmankoto.bsky.social
Hey Artists of Bluesky! PAYING GIG: 2-4 pieces of original interior B&W/greyscale SFF art for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Vol 4. Canadian artists strongly preferred. 🇨🇦 Any style, NO AI. Post links to portfolios below. Need artwork in May/June. Pls share WIDELY! #ArtSky #ArtistsOnBluesky #Illustration
January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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elif7.bsky.social
🗡️ Dance of Deception 🩸

New portfolio piece! This one took over a year to finish between making three whole books and other work, but I'm glad I didn't rush it.
A dancing couple framed by red flowing fabric in blue and red light dressed in a formal way with hinted dancers all around them. The woman holds a claw over the man's head while the man holds a stake to her back.
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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trueref.bsky.social
Mini flash sale! Just for Bluesky, because I'm very proud of the year we had here and wanted to celebrate.

Code: Use "BlueSkySpecial" for 20% off everything, including memberships! ❤️‍🔥
Looky: trueref.io
art references of a woman in a black dress in different dramatic poses. They resemble old noir film characters. art references of a man holding a very large sword. art references of a person dressed as a sci fi mechanic. art references of a woman reading a book, holding a mug and hugging a plush star.
January 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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jwillustration.bsky.social
Small warm up portraits from this week, I’ve been doing a lot of landscape/architecture stuff recently so doing these has helped keep me sane - These are all models from @trueref.bsky.social go check them out!

#art #portrait
Chalky portrait of a woman looking up Chalky portrait of man looking left Chalky portrait of a woman looking left Chalky portrait of a woman looking down
January 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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lisebaron.bsky.social
🔥🙅🔥

I painted a menacing fire lady for @grafitstudio.bsky.social's Heroes & Villains art event!

#GrafitHeroesVillains ▵ #ttrpgart #fantasyart
Digital painting of a dangerous looking four-fire-casting-armed woman with flaming curly hair, standing strong and menacingly looking at the viewer, eyes dark black pools with fiery pupils. She’s wearing red & black with golden accents: wide full length dark pants and a long red silk sash around her waist falling to the ground and kept in place with a leather belt; a cropped halter top layered with a broad golden ushek-like necklace leaves room for her two sets of shoulders to move freely. Painted by illustrator Lise Baron for Grafit Studio’s “heroes & villains” art contest. Collage of various reference photos and cropped photos from Grafit Studio reference packs for artists, from a collection that was provided for their "Heroes & Villains" challenge. In the middle a frankensteined reference picture from parts found in the surrounding pictures. Cropped version of the digital painting from the first picture of this post, framed waist up. painted by illustrator Lise Baron
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
jwillustration.bsky.social
Small warm up portraits from this week, I’ve been doing a lot of landscape/architecture stuff recently so doing these has helped keep me sane - These are all models from @trueref.bsky.social go check them out!

#art #portrait
Chalky portrait of a woman looking up Chalky portrait of man looking left Chalky portrait of a woman looking left Chalky portrait of a woman looking down
January 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM